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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-22-2011, 02:32 PM:

From another thread:

quote:
what the heck does Fox do to their opening logo theme? It's recorded at a totally anemic level. Sounds like the fader is at about 4, and then the feature sound is right back up there where it should be. What's THAT all about? They rerecorded it awhile back and yet for all that effort, they drop the level so that it has no punch at all. It's lame.

I notice that too. Universal's is also too soft. In fact Universal's whole opening tag needs updating -- it's vintage '97.

Disney's main logo sounds pretty good to me. My personal recent favorite is their Disney Animation logo. (The one with Steamboat Willie in it) The sound isn't so good in that one but it isn't meant to be.

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 06-22-2011, 03:39 PM:

IMO Universal has finally created some music for their logo that makes it really classy. As far as the level is concerned there is a thing called volume control. Put someone in the booth to adjust it. That's "showmanship". Automation has no showmanship capabilities. Fox has and always has had (especially during the CinemaScope years) the classiest logo.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-22-2011, 04:08 PM:

Robert, I don't think it should be up to the booth personnel (even if there ARE any) to adjust volume levels within a feature. Once it's set for the feature it should be just fine throughout.

With the Fox Fanfare as it is right now, it's so low that I'm sure a fair percentage of patrons, instead of thinking "Great! The movie's starting" think "Crap! The sound's gonna be too soft".

I used to programme the automation to adjust after the Fox Fanfare had played...sometimes I had to play it at 9.0 to get it right, but I grew weary of fixing their error time and time again.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-22-2011, 04:29 PM:

I hate Universal's logo because you are forced to watch it twice on any shitty Blu-ray they put out. Assholes.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 06-22-2011, 04:44 PM:

quote: Robert E. Allen
Fox has and always has had (especially during the CinemaScope years) the classiest logo.

... thanx to Alfred Newman who composed the fanfare for it in 1933 after "20th Century Pictures" bought out "Fox Pictures, and with 20th Century Pictures was a lot stronger than FOX is why "20th Century" was at the beginning of the trademark,and why of the hyphen .. "20th Century-Fox" - in the descriptive title until 1985 when the hyphen was dropped.

Interesting though, the fanfare wasn't used for "the Robe" - but then heard with the CinemaScope extention in "How to Marry a Millionaire' in 1954.

Very Art Deco .... - Monte

Posted by Lionel Fouillen (Member # 1475) on 06-22-2011, 04:56 PM:

My favourites...

20th Century Fox / CinemaScope 55 introduction

Universal 75th anniversary

Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 06-22-2011, 06:22 PM:

Fox hands down!I always crank it when possible!
I also used to love the 70s and 80s Columbia logo with zoom in and animation.

I hate having to watch anything but the actual theatrical logo when starting a dvd or bluray!

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-22-2011, 06:54 PM:

I always liked 20th Century-Fox (the long version) and I really loved hearing the Warner Bros. fanfare revived for the opening of "Gremlins" -- I don't recall WB using it again after that.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-22-2011, 07:08 PM:

Warners... I forgot about that one. Their current music ("As Time Goes By") sounds really good when cranked up. I crank that one when I get the chance, too.

I agree with Joe about Universal and their videos. You have to watch the current logo followed by the one that was on the movie originally.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 06-22-2011, 07:10 PM:

I'm a fan of the 20th Century Fox logo and fanfare, although the version with the Cinemascope extension often shows up on flat features. [Razz]

Unfortunately, the current picture for this logo has visible jagged lines, as it was clearly derived from a digital source (probably 2K).

Agreed with Robert that the Universal logo (current version) has a classy score. I like it.

I _hate_ the Focus Features logo, as it starts out of focus and annoys projectionists.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-22-2011, 07:46 PM:

The Fox Fanfare intro from 20th Century Fox has sort of been all over the map in terms of either being really great or crappy.

My favorite version of Fox Fanfare: the intro, with CinemaScope extension, on the front of Die Hard. It really kicked ass in 70mm 6-track Dolby mag. The same music arrangement and similar, pounding volume level has been used on the DVD and Blu-ray releases. IMHO, Fox Fanfare never sounded better than this. One really odd thing about the Die Hard prints: the 20th Century Fox logo was badly stretched, like a 1.33:1 version was stuck on a 'scope print. They kept this wierd thing intact on the Blu-ray version.

Alien has the shorter version of Fox Fanfare and it's a really old recording. I don't really care for it. These days every Fox feature has the long version of the music, probably because of the camera's flyover path in the logo's computer animation. To do a short version a static, non-moving view of the logo would have to be used.

The 70mm print I saw of The Abyss didn't have the Fox Fanfare music. And the 20th Century Fox logo was extremely cropped as if they did a 2.35:1 extraction out of a logo composed for a 1.33:1 frame.

I thought the 1994 update of the 20th Century Fox logo (unveiled with True Lies) was pretty good, although the music didn't quite have the punch of the arrangement used on Die Hard). The Lightstorm Entertainment logo that followed was louder and I loved the piano/drum tone that hit on the end of it. The version of the Fox logo now used looks very similar to the 1994 version, but has some subtle differences. I think the newest Fox logo debuted with Avatar.

The version of Fox Fanfare used on the first Star Wars movie was really good. I didn't really care for the music arrangements on the three prequels. There's something oddly off about the timing of the horns and drums.

No other movie studio has a theme remotely as familiar (or good) as Fox Fanfare. Disney runs a decent 2nd place with the Do You Wish Upon A Star medeley. And the theme in front of the Pixar movies isn't bad.

Sometimes movie logo intros from other studios can be pretty good, but it's usually a customized kind of treatment, often with music from the main feature playing.

The Paramount logo has been good on the front of Top Gun, Coming to America, Transformers and a few others. I never cared for the company's stock music theme however.

I liked the Columbia Pictures intro on Cat Ballou where the animated lady holding the torch threw off the robe and turned into a cowgirl firing pistols.

The United Artists logo on the front of Goldeneye worked; the music and visual design seemed appropriately Bond-related.

What is it with Warner Brothers and the really really loooonnnnggg amount of black ahead of the logo? I see this all the time with the studio's movies. The logo design is okay. I don't care for the stock company theme. The only times the WB logo intro is cool is when it is customized -like in The Matrix or any number of other films where it has been changed.

I like the visual design in both the Marvel and DC Comics company logos. However, I've grown pretty tired of comic book movies in general.

I think Lionsgate has a pretty good logo intro with all those computer animated gears and stuff. It's too bad too many of the studio's movies are stinky.

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 06-22-2011, 07:53 PM:

You're right John. But as long as we are stuck with the problem lets be showmen and put someone in the booth for the opening. Even an usher can turn the stupid knob. (Or is it "even a stupid usher can turn the knob?")

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-22-2011, 08:23 PM:

Or they could just fix the problem.

It's been going on so long now it's pretty obvious no-one at Fox cares enough about it to worry, which is a shame as the Fox Fanfare at a decent volume certainly lets the audience know...here it is.

Posted by Brian Guckian (Member # 1678) on 06-22-2011, 08:34 PM:

quote:
One really odd thing about the Die Hard prints: the 20th Century Fox logo was badly stretched, like a 1.33:1 version was stuck on a 'scope print. They kept this weird thing intact on the Blu-ray version.

The story goes that a flat version of the logo was indeed attached in error, but that director John McTiernan liked the more "cinematic" look it imparted so much he asked them to keep it on [Cool]

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-22-2011, 08:35 PM:

quote: Bobby Henderson
One really odd thing about the Die Hard prints: the 20th Century Fox logo was badly stretched, like a 1.33:1 version was stuck on a 'scope print. They kept this wierd thing intact on the Blu-ray version.

We got to talk with Paul Schrader when we showed the restored "Taxi Driver" earlier this year. He said they were asked if they wanted the new Columbia logo instead of the REALLY GRAINY one from the original release. To which, Scorcese replied (something like), "We've lived with this logo for 30 years. It's part of the movie now." Maybe they're not the only ones who feel that way..?

quote: Robert E. Allen
Put someone in the booth to adjust it. That's "showmanship".

I was disappointed with the wimpy Fox fanfare when the new STAR WARS movies came out. I wanted it louder. I wanted it to make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Even so, I'm not a fan of riding the volume for something like this. It's obviously not what they want. It's their movie and it's their logo. They get to decide how loud it ought to be.

Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 06-22-2011, 09:01 PM:

I have a test film (Fox provided) that has various channels and frequencies, then, at the end, a pristine Fox logo and audio. This is 70mm Dolby and has the conductor counting down ahead of the kettle drum. Louis

Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 06-22-2011, 09:07 PM:

On the Star Wars prequels,the opening theme music is much lower in volume than the originals which hurt the impact of the title Star Wars popping up on screen!

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 06-23-2011, 01:51 AM:

Of the Universal intros I like the 75th Anniversary the best. It was so good, they had to toss it in 97 and open it with the "oh look...the Earth is on fire" one.
I recall when Mystery Science Theater 3000 started airing on the Sci Fi channel, Crow made flippant comments about the Universal-International intro along the likes of "The weather was really nice that day" to "The earth has male-pattern baldness."

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 06-23-2011, 04:11 AM:

I remember when Columbia, in 1977 took away the "Columbia Statue" trademark and went with the sunburst one.

That lasted for about a couple of years, then brought her back but without the 3D "Columbia" lettering to begin the flame burst of her touch to fade in for the newer sunburst trademark.

It was great to see her return, but still an insult to the trademark of old.

The recent Columbia trademark is a close second to the original.

Also, as for special trademarks was with Paramount's red sky background usage for "The Ten Commandents" (and seeing the "F" aperture marks for framing every couple of seconds during the beginning of each reel) instead of the typical blue sky surrounding the Paramount mountain of their other films during this era.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 06-23-2011, 04:25 AM:

quote: Joe Redifer
I hate Universal's logo because you are forced to watch it twice on any shitty Blu-ray they put out.

Their HD-DVDs are even better, since when starting the disc they force you to watch their opening logo with a big "HD-DVD" logo flying out afterwards. Makes you want to go "Yay! The format that lost!"

Posted by Richard P. May (Member # 3598) on 06-23-2011, 09:44 AM:

From my early days of appreciating such things, the Fox fanfare has been both the most impressive and automatically identifies the company.
Early this week, at the Hollywood SMPTE meeting, we used a clip of the first five minutes of CRASH DIVE (1943 - Technicolor), and for the first time ever I noticed the brush strokes on the painting of the logo.
As to Warner Bros., I'd like to see them go back to the "Steiner" fanfare, used on CASABLANCA and numerous pictures from the early 1940s up to the wide screen era. Again, it automatically identified the company with a strong piece of music.

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 06-23-2011, 11:13 AM:

I've found the Fox Searchlight logo usually has more "oomph" than the normal 20th Century Fox logo.

Anyone remember this short lived one:

Phone Home

AJG

Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 06-23-2011, 03:40 PM:

quote:
quote: Robert E. Allen
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Fox has and always has had (especially during the CinemaScope years) the classiest logo.

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... thanx to Alfred Newman who composed the fanfare for it in 1933 after "20th Century Pictures" bought out "Fox Pictures, and with 20th Century Pictures was a lot stronger than FOX is why "20th Century" was at the beginning of the trademark,and why of the hyphen .. "20th Century-Fox" - in the descriptive title until 1985 when the hyphen was dropped.

Interesting though, the fanfare wasn't used for "the Robe" - but then heard with the CinemaScope extention in "How to Marry a Millionaire' in 1954.

I have "Millionaire" on laserdisc, but my player isn't working right now. However, unless my memory is failing me (which is entirely possible), that movie goes directly from the traditional Fox fanfare to the performance of Alfred Newman's orchestral piece, "Street Scene." Even Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef doesn't have the CinemaScope extension. I read a claim that the extension was first used on 1954's River of No Return, which is the earliest version I've ever seen.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-24-2011, 01:53 AM:

I remember the ET anniversary logo for Universal [Smile]

I preferred the Universal logo that appears on Apollo 13 and Jurassic Park tho. No studio "theme" but a better logo animation in my opinion.

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 06-24-2011, 03:18 AM:

I always liked that animation too. Apollo 13's was awesome too because of that drum solo and then the horns. For a James Horner score, it was good.

By the way, don't know what film this was in front of, but damn, Warner needs to use this music.

Warner Brothers

AJG

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-24-2011, 04:54 AM:

Agreed on the Universal logo from Apollo 13/Jurassic Park et al. Not obtrusive at all and not super flashy IN YO FACE. The director can put sounds from the movie or the score under it and it becomes PART of the movie, not just a loud, annoying snipe in front of it.

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 06-24-2011, 07:46 AM:

The Paramount fanfare is one of the rarest to play with it's logo, which is unfortunate as it's rather nice

I also enjoy the New Line fanfare, it's simple yet powerful.

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 06-24-2011, 09:50 AM:

How about the old pre-Sony Tri-Star logo with the flying horse using the brassy music on the soundtrack? I liked that one.

Like the others said, the TCF logo with the cinemascope extension is the absolute favorite musically.

The late 1930's Universal logo with the twirling stars is the snazziest looking one!

Posted by Hillary Charles (Member # 769) on 06-24-2011, 10:37 AM:

Bruce, it's like you're reading my mind! I agree with you on every one of those, and wrote as much on a different site. [Smile]

Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 06-24-2011, 10:47 AM:

Since this thread has turned into "post your favorite fanfares" here are a few older ones that I've enjoyed in the past

United Artists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh9zG0m_JuE
MGM/United Artists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byKEBpf8-HA
Cannon Films:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obrTE73bUYU
Tri Star:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZzgrY8WrH0
Carolco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdm5KpW9sk8
and while not quite a fanfare, this one is for John Wilson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F249ib1bzOY

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 06-24-2011, 11:31 AM:

How could I forget Orion!

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-24-2011, 11:59 AM:

Yikes! Cannon films! The company had a decent logo, but nearly all of those Golan-Globus Productions were absolute [bs]

. That even includes the dump they took on the Superman franchise.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 06-24-2011, 12:15 PM:

..anyone remember:

Cinemas Center Films of the late 60's til early '70s?

AVCO Embassy when AVCO Financial bought out Embassy Pictures (Embassy was the company that released "The Graduate" in 1967)

Cinerama Releasing Corp

United Artists - Entertainment from the TransAmerica Corporation Earliest time that I saw this new UA trademark was on the 1968 release "Yellow Submarine". An excellent trademark until Cimino's disasterous 1980's "Heaven's Gate" sank UA and TransAmerica unloaded UA in a quick, then got gobbled up by MGM.

...to add a side bar here: I loved the pre-peacock NBC logo

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 06-24-2011, 12:18 PM:

I like that logo, Monte! The Reivers, A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Little Big Man, and a host of others use it.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 06-24-2011, 12:34 PM:

"The Reivers", outside of "Bullitt" was my favorite Steve McQueen film. (ran them both a few times...)

It reigns next to Paul Newman's "Cool Hand Luke" in my list as classic America guy hero films

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 06-24-2011, 12:38 PM:

A fun spoof of the Tri Star logo...

AJG

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-24-2011, 12:54 PM:

quote: Damien Taylor
The Paramount fanfare is one of the rarest to play with it's logo, which is unfortunate as it's rather nice

It's a decent theme but it doesn't really "go" with the logo animation. The completed logo just sits there -- hanging -- on-screen waiting for the music to finish.

I also associate that music with home-video. When I hear that theme, I expect to hear the announcer say "Paramount is pleased to bring you our feature presentation."

Posted by Lionel Fouillen (Member # 1475) on 06-24-2011, 01:06 PM:

What about distributors and theaters fanfares ?

I feel nostalgic everytime I watch the old CIC fanfare. Invariably reminds me of Raiders of the Lost Ark when I was 11.
Cinema International Corporation

And when it comes to theater circuits fanfares, my all-time favourite is the Odeon fanfare from the mid/late 1980's (Rank Odeon in the UK, not Cineplex Odeon).
Odeon Cinemas

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 06-24-2011, 01:06 PM:

Here's an example of when the Fox logo kicked and also blended with the movie extraordinarily well:

Fox Logo

And a fun take on the modern Universal logo...love this one.

Van Helsing

AJG

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-24-2011, 02:37 PM:

Ohhhh....Aaron...

Now, don't forget when Universal had fun with their logo on Waterworld and The Burbs. (No fanfare with either of those, however.)

Here's a link to the Paramount Home Video logo I referred to earlier.

And, of course, let's not forget the fun with the Paramount logo at the start of the Indiana Jones movies. (And, again, no fanfare.)

And these variations from Fox (no fanfare):

The Cannonball Run
Edward Scissorhands

Aaron -- that Warner Bros. music (from your earlier post) is the music I was referring to when I posted about "Gremlins" -- that fanfare goes back to (at least) the 40s -- they didn't have the animated logo back when "Gremlins" came out -- I think they had just returned to the "shield in the sky" logo -- after ditching the "W in a box" logo from the early 80's -- so, from the video link in your post, it looks like they *did* use it again some time after "Gremlins."

Posted by Ken Lackner (Member # 1002) on 06-24-2011, 08:10 PM:

I watch Mr. Popper's Penguins this evening, and I did not notice any problems with the volume during the Fox logo.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-24-2011, 09:54 PM:

I suspect the level for any "logo fanfare" may be set when the film is mixed -- especially now that it's possible to mix to the actual finished picture (and not a dupe/telecine of a workprint which might not have something like the studio logo attached).

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-24-2011, 11:24 PM:

quote:
and while not quite a fanfare, this one is for John Wilson:

Thanks Sean. [thumbsup]

That was from Smokey and the Bandit 2 (known here as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again).

Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 06-24-2011, 11:47 PM:

The best logo to play in front of a James Bond film IMO.

Another example of the Fox fanfare blending into the movie. One more example can be found at the start of "War Of the Roses" (1989) but I can't find a clip of that one.

Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 06-27-2011, 04:26 PM:

@Lionel Fouillen:

The CIC music is my favourite fanfare too, it has a nice melancholic ending. (There was another version with the chain elements in a kind of metal look on dark background, but in my memory it had no music).

I'd like to know the composer, and whether it was specially written for CIC, taken from an existing score or just library music.

Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-27-2011, 05:27 PM:

quote: Manny Knowles
And these variations from Fox (no fanfare): The Cannonball Run

No fanfare??? I hear music during that clip.

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quote: Monte L. Fullmer
Interesting though, the fanfare wasn't used for "the Robe" - but then heard with the CinemaScope [extension] in "How to Marry a Millionaire' in [1953].

quote: Hillary Charles
I read a claim that the extension was first used on 1954's River of No Return, which is the earliest version I've ever seen.

I concur with the claim that River Of No Return was the first Fox film to feature the fanfare with the "CinemaScope Extension" bit.

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quote: Manny Knowles
I really loved hearing the Warner Bros. fanfare revived for the opening of "Gremlins" -- I don't recall WB using it again after that.

It also was used on Innerspace (1987). Same director...

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 06-27-2011, 09:37 PM:

quote: Manny Knowles
Now, don't forget when Universal had fun with their logo on Waterworld and The Burbs. (No fanfare with either of those, however.)

Never seen Waterworld, but it was awfully fun what they did with the Burbs.

I'd love to see WB bring back that old theme. Sure, As Time Goes By is nice but not like that rich and powerful Max Steiner crescendo. Strange that they chose that odd synthesized version for home video for so many years.

WHV

Funny, I'll always associate that with Batman since I saw that VHS tape so much growing up. Off topic, that VHS also had these wonderful pieces prior to the movie:

Diet Coke

Bugs and Daffy

900 numbers remind me of just how cool the internet is today.

AJG

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-28-2011, 10:51 AM:

I hadn't heard the synthesized WHV version in years. Good Lord in Heaven! That's horrible!

Michael is right about the Fox logo having a fanfare. Notice the similar concept between that logo variation on "Cannonball Run" and the one for "Smokey and the Bandit." Both with cars racing around the logos and both ending with Burt Reynolds' laughter.

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 06-28-2011, 11:03 AM:

Actually Michael et al, "The Robe" was the first film released in the CinemaScope format with six track magnetic sound. I was in the booth and I ran it.

Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-28-2011, 02:03 PM:

Actually, Robert, the subject being discussed in regard to CinemaScope is the Fox Fanfare (i.e. the music heard over the 20th Century-Fox snipe), not the photography/projection process.

Apparently, you were confused by my comment about River Of No Return. To be clear, I never claimed River Of No Return was the first CinemaScope release; what I claimed was that it was the first CinemaScope release to feature the Fox Fanfare with the so-called CinemaScope Extension. In other words, the first few CinemaScope releases from Fox, including The Robe, featured either the old fanfare or no fanfare at all. (And those early CinemaScope films had four-track sound, not six-track.)

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 06-28-2011, 02:18 PM:

quote: Manny Knowles
Now, don't forget when Universal had fun with their logo on Waterworld and The Burbs. (No fanfare with either of those, however.)

Another really cool Universal logo was in the front of "Xanadu". It started off with the classic OLD logo with the biplane circling the globe to some 50's music, then to a modern jet with some 80's rock, and finally a flying saucer with "space" music..the saucer went faster and faster then it zoomed out to the opening title of the film.

I haven't found it online yet, maybe I'll upload it to youtube, if can ever figure out how.

Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 06-28-2011, 02:29 PM:

Anyone remember with E.T. the Universal snipe being played in reverse?

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 06-28-2011, 02:39 PM:

OMG I kinda-sorta remember that Tony...and I'd love to see that opening again. This is the moment you've been waiting for -- time to rip the shrink-wrap off that pristine Betamax copy you've been squirreling away!

And, how could I forget the WB variation on one of my favorite guilty pleasures? Deep Blue Sea

Did anyone here ever show Fox Movietone News when it was current?

And since we've snuck in some home-video logos and themes: Vestron

I never noticed the Backwards Universal Logo on the original E.T. That's neat!

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 06-28-2011, 02:43 PM:

LOL Manny, thanks for the post, I needed a laugh after my last post about Gizmo...

Actually I have "Xandu" on Laserdisc and dvd. It is a fun but campy movie...Oliva was hot (except for that horrid country music bit in the finale) but the lead actor was so wooden and dull he killed the movie.

I watch it for the music, and still wonder how they ever got Gene Kelley to be in it.

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 06-28-2011, 04:21 PM:

You're right Michael. There were two tracks on each side of the film. I must have been thinking of some 70mm stuff I ran.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-28-2011, 04:51 PM:

quote: Tony Bandiera Jr
Another really cool Universal logo was in the front of "Xanadu". It started off with the classic OLD logo with the biplane circling the globe to some 50's music, then to a modern jet with some 80's rock, and finally a flying saucer with "space" music..the saucer went faster and faster then it zoomed out to the opening title of the film.

I haven't found it online yet, maybe I'll upload it to youtube, if can ever figure out how.

I've saved you the trouble. [Smile]

Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 06-28-2011, 09:45 PM:

quote: Lionel Fouillen
And when it comes to theater circuits fanfares, my all-time favourite is the Odeon fanfare from the mid/late 1980's (Rank Odeon in the UK, not Cineplex Odeon).

Odeon Cinemas

From the days when Odeon still ran a large number of 1930s cinemas (now found boarded up in most UK cities).