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'''Logo:''' Same as the [[Guild Home Video|home video counterpart]], except for these differences:
'''Logo:''' Same as the 1985 [[Guild Home Video|home video counterpart]] but matted to widescreen, and "Film Distribution" replaces "Home Video".
* The Guild logo is a lighter shade of orange.
* It zooms out farther back.
* The logo is slightly sped up.
* The word "Film Distribution" replaces "Home Video".


'''Technique:''' Same as the home video counterpart.
'''Technique:''' Same as the home video counterpart.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the home video counterpart, except at a slightly higher pitch (which may or may not have been intentional).
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the home video counterpart.


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

Revision as of 16:27, 29 March 2023


1st Logo (1985-1993)


Logo: Same as the 1985 home video counterpart but matted to widescreen, and "Film Distribution" replaces "Home Video".

Technique: Same as the home video counterpart.

Music/Sounds: Same as the home video counterpart.

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

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.

2nd Logo (1993-1996)


Logo: Same as the 1993 home video counterpart, but matted to widescreen.

Technique: Same as the home video counterpart.

Music/Sounds: Same as the home video counterpart.

Music/Sounds Variant: On some films it may have used the previous logo's orchestral rendition of the home video theme.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The music was composed using the Korg M1 workstation from 1988.

Availability: Seen on later Guild cinema releases of the era before the company started a merger with Pathé in 1996, such as James and the Giant Peach; the home video counterpart appears on the video release of the film.

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