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'''Technique:''' Seems to be done with traditional animation. Flash animation for ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' version and the enhanced version. | '''Technique:''' Seems to be done with traditional animation. Flash animation for ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' version and the enhanced version. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' The sound of an audience muttering and murmuring is heard (voiced by former Fox CEO Garth Ancier and composer Jeffrey Townsend, double tracked to sound like more than two people), sometimes extended during the logo's early years, followed by a shushing sound effect (provided by Tracey Ullman), then a 9-note piano theme with drums composed by Jeffrey Townsend on a tiny Korg 05R/W rack with a custom preset. | ||
''' | '''Audio Trivia:''' | ||
*The music in this logo appears at the end of the Neil Cicierega song "Alanis", from his album ''Mouth Sounds''. | *The music in this logo appears at the end of the Neil Cicierega song "Alanis", from his album ''Mouth Sounds''. | ||
*There were two other music tracks that ended up being unused for this logo; one was a George Winston-inspired track, and the other one was inspired by Phillip Glass. | *There were two other music tracks that ended up being unused for this logo; one was a George Winston-inspired track, and the other one was inspired by Phillip Glass. | ||
''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
*From September 16-November 21, 2003 and again on July 27, 2007 and since February 15, 2009, there are more people muttering. | *From September 16-November 21, 2003 and again on July 27, 2007 and since February 15, 2009, there are more people muttering. | ||
*On Halloween episodes of ''The Simpsons'', starting with "Treehouse of Horror IV", a woman screaming cowardly replaces the shush, and the logo theme is played on a synthesized pipe organ. Numerous other alternate versions of the theme have been used over the years (see "Variants" above). Earlier ToH installments lacked some parts of the audio (the very first one and "Halloween of Horror" use the standard theme, while the second and third ones have only the organ). On "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010), the woman's scream is replaced with a low-quality 8-bit sound file of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream Wilhelm scream]. | *On Halloween episodes of ''The Simpsons'', starting with "Treehouse of Horror IV", a woman screaming cowardly replaces the shush, and the logo theme is played on a synthesized pipe organ. Numerous other alternate versions of the theme have been used over the years (see "Variants" above). Earlier ToH installments lacked some parts of the audio (the very first one and "Halloween of Horror" use the standard theme, while the second and third ones have only the organ). On "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010), the woman's scream is replaced with a low-quality 8-bit sound file of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream Wilhelm scream]. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Flash animation. | '''Technique:''' Flash animation. | ||
''' | '''Audio:''' Same as before. | ||
''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
*On ''The Longest Daycare'', the "Shhh!" is followed by a timpani roll. | *On ''The Longest Daycare'', the "Shhh!" is followed by a timpani roll. | ||
*On ''The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa'', the ending theme plays over the murmuring, but the "Shhh!" is still heard. | *On ''The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa'', the ending theme plays over the murmuring, but the "Shhh!" is still heard. | ||