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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Named after a Vancouver landmark, the '''Lions Gate''' Bridge (officially known as the "First Narrows Bridge"), '''Lions Gate Films''' (trading as '''Lionsgate''' since 2005) is a North American film production/distribution studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with headquarters in Santa Monica, California. It was formed on January 12, 1998 when [[Cinépix Film Properties]] was renamed to this company. The company grew in 2000 with the purchase of [[Trimark Pictures]] and in 2003 with the purchase of [[Artisan Entertainment]] in order to become the largest mini-major distributors. In 2012, the company acquired [[Summit Entertainment]]. In 2015, the company bought out the live-action library of [[Hearst Entertainment]] and a year later, in 2016, the company had purchased Starz, including [[Anchor Bay Films]], which was absorbed into Lionsgate. | Named after a Vancouver landmark, the '''Lions Gate''' Bridge (officially known as the "First Narrows Bridge"), '''Lions Gate Films''' (trading as '''Lionsgate''' since 2005) is a North American film production/distribution studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with headquarters in Santa Monica, California. It was formed on January 12, 1998 when [[Cinépix Film Properties]] was renamed to this company. The company grew in 2000 with the purchase of [[Trimark Pictures]] and in 2003 with the purchase of [[Artisan Entertainment]] in order to become the largest mini-major distributors. In 2012, the company acquired [[Summit Entertainment]]. In 2015, the company bought out the live-action library of [[Hearst Entertainment]] and a year later, in 2016, the company had purchased Starz, including [[Anchor Bay Films]], which was absorbed into Lionsgate. | ||
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===1st Logo (March 6, 1998-July 21, 2000)=== | ===1st Logo (March 6, 1998-July 21, 2000)=== | ||
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* The short version uses mechanical noises. | * The short version uses mechanical noises. | ||
* In rare occasions, the film's opening or closing theme plays over the logo. | * In rare occasions, the film's opening or closing theme plays over the logo. | ||
* On Syfy airings of ''Leprechaun 2'', the Trimark Pictures theme | * On Syfy airings of ''Leprechaun 2'', the Trimark Pictures theme is heard over the first half of the logo, and the Lionsgate theme is joined in progress afterwards, possibly due to an editing error or cheap plastering. | ||
* The THX variant directly fades the end of the Lionsgate theme into the second half of the THX "Deep Note" (more specifically the 2005 "Science of Sensation" version), which includes the whoosh from that logo before fading out early. | * The THX variant directly fades the end of the Lionsgate theme into the second half of the THX "Deep Note" (more specifically the 2005 "Science of Sensation" version), which includes the whoosh from that logo before fading out early. | ||
* On prints of ''King Kobra'', the music was reorchestrated with no whoosh effects to it and less drum beats from the final version. | * On prints of ''King Kobra'', the music was reorchestrated with no whoosh effects to it and less drum beats from the final version. | ||