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'''Technique:''' CGI. Like the movie logo, this was done by Flip Your Lid Animation, with the model of the mountain done by Apogee Inc. | '''Technique:''' CGI. Like the movie logo, this was done by Flip Your Lid Animation, with the model of the mountain done by Apogee Inc. | ||
'''Audio:''' A re-orchestrated version of the last six notes to Paramount Pictures' 1987 theatrical fanfare, which is a re-arrangement of Elsie Janis/Jack King's ''Paramount on Parade'' by Lalo Schifrin, first heard on trailers for Paramount Pictures since 1976, and is in the key of B♭ major. (Schifrin is credited as composer of this theme on [https://www.discogs.com/release/6408139-Various-Star-Trek-Enterprise-Collection-Original-Television-Soundtrack La-La Land Records' 2014 release of the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' soundtrack].) | '''Audio:''' A re-orchestrated version of the last six notes to Paramount Pictures' 1987 theatrical fanfare, which is a re-arrangement of Elsie Janis/Jack King's ''Paramount on Parade'' by Lalo Schifrin, first heard on trailers for Paramount Pictures since 1976, and is in the key of B♭ major. (Schifrin is credited as composer of this theme on [https://www.discogs.com/release/6408139-Various-Star-Trek-Enterprise-Collection-Original-Television-Soundtrack La-La Land Records' 2014 release of the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' soundtrack].) There are two main versions of the theme. The second version, which officially debuted in 1989, has the first note of the fanfare and the last note's echo in a slightly lower pitch. Many of these logos are plastered onto old shows (mostly on TV Land airings, as well as TV movies) with the logo being silent. | ||
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* Although the logo was updated in 2002, ''The Dead Zone'' still used the 1995 network variant until 2006 (and ended coincidentally on the same day as the next logo), and most episodes of ''Unexplained Mysteries'' used the 1995 domestic variant until the show ended in 2004. | * Although the logo was updated in 2002, ''The Dead Zone'' still used the 1995 network variant until 2006 (and ended coincidentally on the same day as the next logo), and most episodes of ''Unexplained Mysteries'' used the 1995 domestic variant until the show ended in 2004. | ||
'''Legacy:''' The 1995 variants were rather infamous for plastering older logos, similar to CBS Television Distribution and Sony Pictures Television. | '''Legacy:''' The 1995 variants were rather infamous for plastering older logos, similar to CBS Television Distribution and Sony Pictures Television. The logo as a whole has been awarded the nickname of "Star Wars Mountain" because of the fanfare's unintentional resemblance to the ''Star Wars'' theme tune. | ||
===6th Logo (February 4, 2002-August 27, 2006)=== | ===6th Logo (February 4, 2002-August 27, 2006)=== | ||