Guild Film Distribution

Background

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

1st Logo (1985-1993)

Visuals: Same as the 1985 Guild Home Video logo, albeit in widescreen and "Film Distribution" also replaces "Home Video".

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Same as the home video counterpart's theme.

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 (1993-1996)

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

Technique: Same as the home video counterpart.

Variant: A "windowboxed" version exists, appearing before the Cinergi Pictures logo on the UK trailer for Judge Dredd.

Audio: Same as the home video counterpart.

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

Audio 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 can be found on the 1997 UK VHS release of the film.

Guild Film Distribution

Guild Pathé Cinema

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