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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''SNL Studios''' (a.k.a. '''Saturday Night Live Studios''') is a production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between ''SNL'' creator and producer Lorne Michaels and [[NBC Studios]]. [[Paramount Pictures]] was also part of the venture, but their part was dissolved in 2004 when NBC merged with [[Universal Pictures]] to form | '''SNL Studios''' (a.k.a. '''Saturday Night Live Studios''') is a production company founded in 1997 as a joint venture between ''SNL'' creator and producer Lorne Michaels and [[NBC Studios]]. [[Paramount Pictures]] was also part of the venture, but their part was dissolved in 2004 when NBC merged with [[Universal Pictures]] to form NBCUniversal. SNL Studios has produced ''Saturday Night Live'' in association with [[Broadway Video]] (also founded by Lorne Michaels), as well as produce movies, mainly those featuring SNL sketch characters. No on-screen logo was used until 1999. | ||
===(September 25, 1999- )=== | ===(September 25, 1999- )=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the TV show. The theatrical version has a mystical xylophone theme that ascends as it goes along, which ends with a six-note saxophone solo (reminiscent of the saxophone bits in ''SNL''<nowiki/>'s themes) and twinkles. This was composed by Howard Shore. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the TV show. The theatrical version has a mystical xylophone theme that ascends as it goes along, which ends with a six-note saxophone solo (reminiscent of the saxophone bits in ''SNL''<nowiki/>'s themes) and twinkles. This was composed by Howard Shore. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Current and common. It debuted on the ''Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary'' special and appears on the end of ''SNL'' episodes from the 25th season (1999-2000) and beyond, and it also can be found on current prints of the first five seasons of the aforementioned show. The movie version can be found on ''Superstar'' and ''The Ladies Man''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||