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* August 28?, 1981-October 1, 1993: The 1979 fanfare, last heard on ''Freaked''. This was used in tandem with the long version until that year; most films would either use the long version, have it silent, or with the film's opening theme.

* August 6, 1982-July 1, 1994: A re-orchestration of the long version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare, as conducted by Lionel Newman. The first film to use this rendition was ''The Pirate Movie'' and the last to use it was ''Baby's Day Out''.

* In other cases, silence or the film's opening music. ''Rookie of the Year'' coincidentally has opening music that starts with a drumroll similar to that which starts ''the'' fanfare.

* Some prints of pre-1981 films, such as ''Thunder and Lightning'', are plastered with this logo, but keep their original fanfare or sometimes use the 1979 variant. In some cases it is silent, like on ''Hardly Working'', or have the opening theme to the film.

* In 1983, a slightly modified 1980 recording/re-orchestration, as played by the London Symphony Orchestra and arranged by John Williams, was used on ''Return of the Jedi''. Similarly, ''Class Action'' and ''War of the Roses'' use James Horner's own re-orchestration; some Jerry Goldsmith films also use his own re-orchestration. A strange re-orchestration of the Alfred Newman fanfare with a heavy brass section was used on ''The Chase''.

* The DVD release of ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and the French audio track on the 1998 [[DTS]] DVD of ''Predator'' use the 1997 orchestration.

* On the 1986 remake of ''The Fly'', the abridged remix of the 1953-67 CinemaScope fanfare is surprisingly heard, possibly on purpose.

* On newer prints of ''Wizards'', the logo is out of sync with the 1979 fanfare.

* On AMC's prints of ''Wall Street'', a low pitched version of the 1979 fanfare is heard.

* TCM France's print of ''Inferno'' (1980) has the 1994 fanfare playing over it, due to poor reverse plastering.

* Notable films to use this logo are ''Taps'', ''The Verdict'', theatrical versions of ''Return of the Jedi'', ''Porky's II: The Next Day'', ''Romancing the Stone'', ''Porky's Revenge!'', ''Commando'', ''Aliens'', ''Predator'', ''Broadcast News'', ''Big'', ''Die Hard'', ''Working Girl'', ''Say Anything...'', ''The War of the Roses'', ''Die Hard 2'', ''Home Alone'', ''Predator 2'', ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', ''Edward Scissorhands'', ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'', ''Alien 3'', ''Once Upon a Forest'', ''The Sandlot'', ''Mrs Doubtfire'', ''Speed'', and ''Baby's Day Out'', among others.

* It allegedly premiered on ''Chu Chu and the Philly Flash'', and appears on VHS copies of said film, but there are theatrical copies in existence with the previous logo. This logo made its final appearance on ''Airheads'', while the next logo debuted on ''True Lies''.

* This also plasters the 2nd logo on full frame VHS releases of ''Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)'' from 1982 to 1992 (it was retained on the film's HBO premiere in 1983 and widescreen releases of the film on VHS and laserdisc in 1989, 1992 and 1993. It was reinstated to the full frame version in 1995 on VHS) and current prints of ''Thunder and Lightning'' (with the abridged CinemaScope fanfare), ''Wizards'', the Director's Cut of ''Alien'', ''My Bodyguard'', ''Revenge of the Nerds'', ''Bad Medicine'', ''Moving Violations'' (1985), ''Wall Street'', and ''Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise''.

* Fox plastered/updated the 1st and 2nd logos with this on some colorized versions of its films in the 1980s, such as ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (although its original logo is restored on newer colorized prints), and Technicolor films such as ''Halls of Montezuma''.

* This also plastered the 2nd logo in its "Regular Zero" form on late-80s/early-90s NBC broadcasts of ''The Sound of Music''.  

* This can also be seen on international prints of ''Crocodile Dundee'' (except in Australia & New Zealand, where the film was distributed by [[Hoyts Distribution (Australia)|Hoyts Distribution]] and in North America, where the film was distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]]) and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze'' & ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III'' (except in the US when it was distributed by [[New Line Cinema]] and in Hong Kong where it was distributed by [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Co|Golden Harvest]], as well as the trailer for ''Deck the Halls''.

* When ''History of the World: Part I'' (one of the last films to use the 2nd logo) aired on AMC in the mid-2000s, the extended version of this logo popped up at the very end; recent airings on AMC now use the current [[20th Television]] logo instead. A similar occurrence happened when AMC aired ''Independence Day'' (1996) back in 2008.

* Post-2007 releases of ''Die Hard 2'' update this with the 1997 logo.

* The Hong Kong 1995 P&S LD of ''Return of the Jedi'' removes this in favor of the CBS-FOX Video logo.

* The B&W variant, though extremely rare, appears on some American prints of ''The Sicilian'' (it doesn't appear on the [[Vestron Video]] VHS).

* The 1991 (not 1989) Vestron Video release of ''Young Guns'', including the late '90s LIVE reprint which uses that master, plastered the TCF logo with a sped-up silent version of the [[Vestron Pictures]] logo, while other prints omit the logo or in the case of older pay-TV copies, plastered it with the 1953 logo.

* Other Fox releases of [[Morgan Creek Entertainment Group|Morgan Creek]] movies have this logo removed on [[Media Home Entertainment]] releases and current prints, but is retained on the CBS/Fox Video and Fox Video releases of ''The Exorcist III'', ''Young Guns II'' and ''Pacific Heights'' and TubiTV's print of ''Nightbreed'' (the theatrical cut).

* Older VHS, Laserdisc, VCD, and DVD copies of ''Speed'' have this logo plastered over with the next one (originally intended to debut for theatrical release); however, it's retained on the Blu-ray.

* IVE's releases, along with DVDs from Live Entertainment and [[Artisan Entertainment]], of films from [[Gladden Entertainment Corporation]] generally preserved this logo, but it was removed on the 1991 release of ''Mannequin 2: On the Move'' by Live Home Video, the Blu-ray of ''Millennium'' (1989) from Shout! Factory, the [[Olive Films]] Blu-ray releases of ''Mannequin'' and ''Mannequin 2: On the Move'', and the 1996 re-release of ''Weekend at Bernie's'' by [[Avid Home Entertainment]]. It's also preserved on the Vestron Video VHS and Shout! Factory Blu-ray of ''The Sicilian''.  

* The [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] release of ''The King of Comedy'' plasters this with the [[Regency Enterprises]] logo, while the earlier RCA/Columbia release goes straight to the opening credits and even blacks out the closing title. It is, however, preserved on all releases since Fox acquired the video rights to the early Regency library.

* International theatrical prints of ''Brazil'', including the Italian release distributed by [[Cecchi Gori Group]], had this logo, but most international home video releases go straight to the opening title card or plaster it with the [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]] logo while the Fox Blu-rays have the 1994 logo.

* It is currently unknown whether this appeared on international releases of ''Legend''.

* Most U.S. home video releases of ''The Princess Bride'' do not have this logo, with the exception of the 1998 MGM VHS, as they only have North American television and theatrical rights and as a result, it can be seen on U.S. TV prints of said film, including the copy streaming on Disney+ as of November 2021. Amazon Prime Video prints use MGM masters and therefore are plastered with the MGM logos. It is also retained on the film's current UK DVD releases, despite the film being distributed by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] over there. It's also seen on the Australian 2-Disc Deluxe Edition of said film, even though it was released by Lionsgate.

* This logo also appeared on U.S. theatrical prints of ''The Name of the Rose''; however, all home video prints of that film just cut straight into the movie.

* This logo might also appear on theatrical German prints of titles from Walt Disney Pictures/Touchstone as Fox had distribution rights to Disney's output in that region. However, distribution of Disney titles later moved to Warner Bros.' German branch in 1987.

* It originally appeared on overseas theatrical prints of ''Conan the Barbarian'' (1982) (released by Universal Pictures in North America), but current overseas prints have the 1997 logo in its place. It was however retained on a recent Asian airing on the Hits Movies network.  

* It was found on some trailers for ''True Lies'', ''The Pagemaster'' and the remake of ''Miracle on 34th Street'', with the movies themselves using the next logo.

* It is kept intact on the current UK DVD release and the UK Blu-Ray of ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' by Fabulous Films which was released under license under Sony, which is taken from a Fox-owned master instead of a Sony-owned master.