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Background

Guild Film Distribution was the theatrical division of Guild Home Video.

1st Logo (1985-June 25, 1993)

Visuals: On a blue background, orange bar segments fly in from the left and right of the screen, syncing with the music, while they sparkle and zoom out. Eventually, the bars start forming the Guild logo. When the logo is fully formed, "GUILD Film Distribution" in white and in the Belwe Bold BT font fades in below the logo.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A synth note is held throughout, with a synth bass line (composed on a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer) that speeds up slightly near the end, followed by a synth fanfare in E♭ minor. A female chorus hums during this section, ending in them shouting "Go Guild!".

Audio Variant: In its last year of usage, it used a lush orchestral remix of the 1993 home video theme.

Availability:

Seen on VHS releases of Guild's first cinema releases, such as Cliffhanger, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Fourth War, Universal Soldier, and Rambo III.
The later music variant was found on a trailer for Bad Lieutenant, which can also be found on the Blu-ray release thereof from Fabulous Films.

2nd Logo (1993-August 2, 1996)

Visuals: Against a black background, there is a director's chair in a blue spotlight. The camera pans around the chair, and both parts of the Guild logo slide from both sides of the screen in a tilted position, then "GUILD" appears underneath when the screen zooms into the chair.

Trivia: This is basically a modified version of the 1993 Guild Home Video logo. The footage of the director's chair is windowboxed and the end logo result is also more stretched than normal.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A mystical pan-flute tune, complete with a synth whoosh and an orchestra at the end. For trailers, normally silence.

Audio Trivia: The music was composed using the Korg M1 workstation from 1988.

Availability: It can be found on any of Guild's theatrical releases right until Chargeurs' demerger of Pathé in 1996.

The modified Guild Home Video Logo makes an appearance on the UK VHS release of Cutthroat Island before the 1996 Carcolo Logo.
- However, it does appear before the Cinergi Pictures Entertainment logo on the UK trailer for Judge Dredd, which can be found on a few Guild VHS releases from the time.

Guild Film Distribution

Guild Pathé Cinema

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+{{PageCredits|capture=Henrynguye5|edits=Henrynguye5, Prodigy012 and LMgamer36‎|video=Logo Archive}}
-=== First (and only) Logo (1985-1993) ===
-[[File:Guild Film Distribution.jpg|center|thumb]]
-{{Youtube|id=https://youtu.be/50ZK4xWtJPQ}}
-'''Nickname:''' "Go Guild!"
+===Background===
-'''Logo:''' Same as the [[Guild Home Video (UK)|home video counterpart]], except for these differences:
+'''Guild Film Distribution''' was the theatrical division of [[Guild Home Video]].
-* The Guild logo is a lighter shade of orange.
-* It zooms out farther back.
-* The logo is slightly sped up.
-* "Film Distribution" replaces "Home Video"
+===1st Logo (1985-June 25, 1993)===
-'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the home video counterpart.
+[[File:Guild Film Distribution.jpg|350px|center]]
+{{YouTube|id=50ZK4xWtJPQ|id2=3EqWcoG_h6Q}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|blue}} background, {{color|orange}} bar segments fly in from the left and right of the screen, syncing with the music, while they sparkle and zoom out. Eventually, the bars start forming the Guild logo. When the logo is fully formed, "GUILD Film Distribution" in white and in the Belwe Bold BT font fades in below the logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the home video counterpart, except at a slightly higher pitch (which may or may not have been intentional).
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' In its last year of usage, it used a lush orchestral remix of the 1993 home video theme.
+'''Audio:''' A synth note is held throughout, with a synth bass line (composed on a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer) that speeds up slightly near the end, followed by a synth fanfare in E♭ minor. A female chorus hums during this section, ending in them shouting "Go Guild!".
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It appears on VHS tapes of Guild's first cinema releases, such as ''Cliffhanger'', ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'', ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', ''The Fourth War'', ''Universal Soldier'' and ''Rambo III''. The later music variant was found on a trailer for ''Bad Lieutenant'', which was seen on the Blu-ray release from Fabulous Films.
-'''Editor's Note:''' Same as the home video counterpart.
+'''Audio Variant:''' In its last year of usage, it used a lush orchestral remix of the 1993 home video theme.
+'''Availability:'''
-[[Category:Film logos]]
+* Seen on VHS releases of Guild's first cinema releases, such as ''Cliffhanger'', ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'', ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', ''The Fourth War'', ''Universal Soldier'', and ''Rambo III''.
-[[Category:British logos]]
+* The later music variant was found on a trailer for ''Bad Lieutenant'', which can also be found on the Blu-ray release thereof from Fabulous Films.
+===2nd Logo (1993-August 2, 1996)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:Guild (1993).png|alt=|{{YouTube|id=_R-gcsOW_wI}}
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' Against a black background, there is a director's chair in a {{color|blue}} spotlight. The camera pans around the chair, and both parts of the Guild logo slide from both sides of the screen in a tilted position, then "{{color|gold|GUILD}}" appears underneath when the screen zooms into the chair.
+'''Trivia:''' This is basically a modified version of the 1993 [[Guild Home Video]] logo. The footage of the director's chair is windowboxed and the end logo result is also more stretched than normal.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Audio:''' A mystical pan-flute tune, complete with a synth whoosh and an orchestra at the end. For trailers, normally silence.
+'''Audio Trivia:''' The music was composed using the Korg M1 workstation from 1988.
+'''Availability:''' It can be found on any of Guild's theatrical releases right until [[Chargeurs]]' demerger of [[Pathé]] in 1996.
+* The modified Guild Home Video Logo makes an appearance on the UK VHS release of ''Cutthroat Island'' before the 1996 Carcolo Logo.
+** However, it does appear before the [[Cinergi Pictures Entertainment]] logo on the UK trailer for ''Judge Dredd'', which can be found on a few Guild VHS releases from the time.
+{{Chronology||[[Guild Pathé Cinema]]}}
 [[Category:British film logos]]
-[[Category:Pathé (France)]]
+[[Category:United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:Pathé]]