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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' This was a "placeholder" logo, used when the "primary" logo is not in use or not ready yet. Like its predecessors, HBO Video distributed [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]], [[Thames | '''Availability:''' This was a "placeholder" logo, used when the "primary" logo is not in use or not ready yet. Like its predecessors, HBO Video distributed [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]], [[Thames|Thames]], [[Hemdale Film Corporation|Hemdale]], and [[Orion Pictures|Orion]] as well as HBO product, although Orion would shortly launch its [[Orion Home Video|own video label]]. Examples include ''Three Amigos!'' (its first appearance, and where this has been known to appear on prints made as late as 1999), ''Platoon'', ''Hoosiers'', ''Amazing Grace and Chuck'', ''Making Mr. Right'', ''How To Raise a Street Smart Child'', and some reissues of Thorn-EMI/HBO/Cannon releases. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A warbly, bass-filled synth tune loosely based off the music in the "[[HBO Feature/Special Presentation IDs|HBO Movie]]" intro used at the time. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A warbly, bass-filled synth tune loosely based off the music in the "[[HBO Feature/Special Presentation IDs|HBO Movie]]" intro used at the time. | ||
'''Availability:''' Although it's rare, it's not that difficult to find. It's seen on video releases of Thames, TriStar Pictures, [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]], [[Kings Road Entertainment|Kings Road]], Hemdale Film Corporation, [[Miramax Films|Miramax]], [[Weintraub Entertainment Group|Weintraub Entertainment]], and [[Samuel Goldwyn Films|Samuel Goldwyn]] material, but towards the end of its run, began to concentrate mainly on HBO-produced materials, including [[Time-Life Video|Time-Life]] titles previously released by Vestron Video. Among the tapes where this appears are ''Platoon'', ''Rock-a-Doodle'', ''No Way Out'', and reprints of ''Can't Stop the Music'', ''S.O.S. Titanic'', ''First Blood'', ''The Terminator'', ''Highlander'', and ''Raw Deal'', among other new releases and re-releases (some of which may still use the [[Thorn EMI Video | '''Availability:''' Although it's rare, it's not that difficult to find. It's seen on video releases of Thames, TriStar Pictures, [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]], [[Kings Road Entertainment|Kings Road]], Hemdale Film Corporation, [[Miramax Films|Miramax]], [[Weintraub Entertainment Group|Weintraub Entertainment]], and [[Samuel Goldwyn Films|Samuel Goldwyn]] material, but towards the end of its run, began to concentrate mainly on HBO-produced materials, including [[Time-Life Video|Time-Life]] titles previously released by Vestron Video. Among the tapes where this appears are ''Platoon'', ''Rock-a-Doodle'', ''No Way Out'', and reprints of ''Can't Stop the Music'', ''S.O.S. Titanic'', ''First Blood'', ''The Terminator'', ''Highlander'', and ''Raw Deal'', among other new releases and re-releases (some of which may still use the [[Thorn EMI Video|Thorn EMI]] or other original logo on the packaging and/or labels) of the era. It also appears on the Promotional Concept Group release of ''Three Amigos!''. | ||
'''Legacy:''' A rather cool logo using the best of what CGI had to offer at the time. The music is also cool and has a pretty drum beat. | '''Legacy:''' A rather cool logo using the best of what CGI had to offer at the time. The music is also cool and has a pretty drum beat. | ||