Sony Music Entertainment: Difference between revisions

Sony Music Entertainment was originally known as the CBS Records Group until it was sold to Sony Corporation of Japan on January 5, 1988, when Sony licensed the CBS name and was renamed as "Sony Music Entertainment" on January 1, 1991. On July 20, 2004, Sony Music Entertainment and Bertelsmann Music Group merged their 50% of their music enterprise to form "Sony BMG Music Entertainment", which was approved by the European Union. On October 1, 2008, Bertelsmann AG agreed to sell the rest of the Sony BMG stake to Sony, renaming the enterprise back as Sony Music Entertainment as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a 3-D pyramid spinning around, with the letters "C", in red, on one side, "M", in green, on another side, and "V", in blue, on the other. Then, two more triangles just like the first one slide out of the pyramid and they all spin. Then, the pyramids get together, and as they do that, each of them turn into triangles, and the letters turn white. "E N T E R P R I S E S" fades in under "CMV".

'''FX/SFX:''' Excellent CGI! It holds up very well today despite being made in the 1980s.

Availability: Very rare. It can be found on CBS Music Video releases, such as the 1987 VHS release of ''Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium'' and a Laserdisc release of ''The Forbidden Dance is Lambada''.

'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the CMV Enterprises logo. It warrants a mention that this logo somehow is able to change parts of the previous logo without resorting to cheap chyron effects.

'''Availability:''' Uncommon. It can be seen on many Sony Music Video releases from the era such as the VHS/DVD releases of ''Celine Dion: Unison'', ''Celine Dion: All the Way - A Decade of Song and Video'', and ''Mariah Carey: #1's''. It can also be found on many 90's MTV Home Video releases from the era, such as early ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and ''MTV Unplugged'' VHS releases. The short variant appeared on the 1996 VHS of ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''.

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a yellow ball moving upward. Then, two blue balls move downward, left and right of the yellow ball. These move away, as it fades into 3 black smoking circles with the left and right circle with blue outlining and the middle circle with yellow outlining. These outlines then spin around, as the smoke disappears and the letters "S" on the left circle, in white, "M" on the middle circle, in blue, and "V" on the right circle, in white. The circles turn to the colors of the outlines of the circle. The words:

 

Availability: Seen on many Sony Music Entertainment VHS and DVD releases from the era, including ''Computer Animation Festival'', ''Alice in Chains: Music Bank - The Videos'', ''Jennifer Lopez: Feelin So Good'', and ''Kathy Smith'' re-releases from the company. It also appears on many late 1990's-early 2000's MTV Home Video releases such as ''MTV Gamebrain'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and ''The Real World'' video tapes. Strangely, this logo made a surprise appearance on the packaging of the 2006 Shout! Factory DVD sets ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show'' and ''The Best of the Electric Company'', but this logo never appeared on the DVDs themselves.

 

===3rd Logo (2009- )===

'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a simple red paintbrush effect drawing down and the text "SONY MUSIC" in the respective Sony font appears in. The logo would slowly zoom in afterward.

'''Variant:''' An in-credit version appears on reruns of the two shows listed below.

'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a spinning fuchsia and blue treble clef. It slowly zooms out to the words "SONY" and "BMG" (in their corporate fonts) and the treble clef falls on the words. Then a flash occurs and two lines and the words "MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT" in Trajan Pro Bold font fade in. The treble clef shines.