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'''Music/Sounds:''' A grand, rising orchestral fanfare featuring an organ and electric piano, which starts off quiet but becomes more powerful over time, ending with a cymbal crash. This is truncated for the first shortened version. Otherwise, the opening theme of the film plays over it. For the television version, it's usually the closing theme of the film. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A grand, rising orchestral fanfare featuring an organ and electric piano, which starts off quiet but becomes more powerful over time, ending with a cymbal crash. This is truncated for the first shortened version. Otherwise, the opening theme of the film plays over it. For the television version, it's usually the closing theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare, considering that Roadshow rarely preserved its pre-1992 theatrical logos on home video. Turns up on the [[Umbrella Entertainment]] DVD of ''The Love Epidemic'' (part of an Ozplotation double feature with ''High Rollin''). It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Mad Max'' and ''The Wanderers'' and also showed up on a 1985 Australian television broadcast of the latter. Strangely, it was also spotted on the Dutch Standard Video release of ''Faces of Death''. Roadshow Films had intended to release the film theatrically in Australia, though the film ended up being banned by the Australian censorship board. How this print ended up on a Dutch video release is unknown. Other films where this might have appeared include ''Beyond the Living Dead'' (also known by such names as ''Return of the Zombies'', ''Terror of the Living Dead'', and ''The Hanging Woman'' elsewhere) and ''Stone''. The full version is only known to exist on a 35mm print housed by a private collector. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare, considering that Roadshow rarely preserved its pre-1992 theatrical logos on home video. | ||
* Turns up on the [[Umbrella Entertainment]] DVD of ''The Love Epidemic'' (part of an Ozplotation double feature with ''High Rollin''). | |||
* It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Mad Max'' and ''The Wanderers'' and also showed up on a 1985 Australian television broadcast of the latter. | |||
* Strangely, it was also spotted on the Dutch Standard Video release of ''Faces of Death''. Roadshow Films had intended to release the film theatrically in Australia, though the film ended up being banned by the Australian censorship board. How this print ended up on a Dutch video release is unknown. | |||
* Other films where this might have appeared include ''Beyond the Living Dead'' (also known by such names as ''Return of the Zombies'', ''Terror of the Living Dead'', and ''The Hanging Woman'' elsewhere) and ''Stone''. | |||
* The full version is only known to exist on a 35mm print housed by a private collector. | |||
===2nd Logo (1979-1986)=== | ===2nd Logo (1979-1986)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, synthesised horn and piano fanfare. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, synthesised horn and piano fanfare. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Was seen in Australian cinemas during this time period. Has turned up on early [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow Home Video]] tapes of ''Mad Max'' and ''Megaforce'', though most titles edited this logo out and went straight to the movie. Other films that had this logo in theatrical release include ''First Blood'', ''Scanners'', and ''Gallipoli''. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Was seen in Australian cinemas during this time period. | ||
* Has turned up on early [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow Home Video]] tapes of ''Mad Max'' and ''Megaforce'', though most titles edited this logo out and went straight to the movie. | |||
* Other films that had this logo in their theatrical release include ''First Blood'', ''Scanners'', and ''Gallipoli''. | |||
===3rd Logo (1985-1992)=== | ===3rd Logo (1985-1992)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud, dramatic synth stinger accompanied by a synthesised phasing sound and a laser sound. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud, dramatic synth stinger accompanied by a synthesised phasing sound and a laser sound. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extinct. Was only ever seen in Australian cinemas during this time period as VHS tapes cut the logo out and TV channels used the Roadshow Television logo. However, it did appear on TV airings of ''The Miami Connection'' as late as 1997. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. | ||
* Was only ever seen in Australian cinemas during this time period as VHS tapes cut the logo out and TV channels used the Roadshow Television logo. | |||
* However, it did appear on TV airings of ''The Miami Connection'' as late as 1997. | |||
'''Legacy:''' This is also considered to be the rarest Australian logo on the wiki. The [[Roadshow Entertainment|Home Video]] variant is much easier to come across. | '''Legacy:''' This is also considered to be the rarest Australian logo on the wiki. The [[Roadshow Entertainment|Home Video]] variant is much easier to come across. |