2. Don't forget CIC (Cinema International Corporation) with that gorgeous Jerry Goldsmith fanfare taken from "A Gathering Of Eagles" (1963)!
i know im replying to afn post from ten years ago but what he said! - the 70s CIC logo seemed to be at the beginning of nearly every decent film i saw then.
Boy, do I love that digital tree. Hey, I love trees! Williams loves trees! Does that mean that Williams and I are...Nah.
------------------- Alex Cremers
This was my favorite too. When I learned back in the day that this company folded, it was only because the logo and logo music was so great. though they made some great movies like Body Heat, Blade Runner, Outland, and The Right Stuff.
The introduction of the music for United Artists logos seemed to coincide with the takeover problems (Kerkorian et al).
For me, having no music (which has been the case for the majority of the United Artists history) was more effective for United Artists.
Just because someone decided to introduce the music doesn't diminish the fact that the one with no music remains my favourite. The music version just seem overblown and ostentatious.
Like many others, I have to go with the 20th Century-Fox fanfare and CinemaScope extension. The music announces that you're about to see something really special.
It's interesting, however, that some of the CinemaScope films scored by Bernard Herrmann omitted the fanfare. I guess he didn't like it??
I wonder how much a composer gets paid for doing the music for one of these logos, which only consists of a few notes but is so essential to establishing an identity for the studio.
Also, it's not a logo, but certainly anyone growing up in the 1970s probably remembers that music for the "Prevues of Coming Attractions" header with the color swirls. I think Tarantino used it before some of the fake trailers in Grindhouse.
