# Studio logos styled for the movie, or incorporated into first scenes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138 "2016-01-04T07:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/21 "2016-01-05T02:55:24Z")
The 20th Century Fox fanfare at the start of _Star Wars_ sort of counts. Fox had stopped using it years before, but Lucas brought it back because it fit with the sense of nostalgia he was trying to build with the film. He didn’t (afaik) change it at all, though. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/22 "2016-01-05T03:10:39Z")
The Universal Logo floods at the beginning of Waterworld. That was always one of my favorites of this type of Easter Egg. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/23 "2016-01-05T03:44:01Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Monsters vs. Aliens had the “kid fishing on the moon” sucked up into a UFO with a tractor beam. [Dreamworks changes up their logos pretty often, though not always to match the movie it’s attached to.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpy8mYHQps) (My favourite of that are the Ring and Kung Fu Panda ones.) ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/24 "2016-01-05T07:03:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The 20th Century Fox fanfare at the start of _Star Wars_ sort of counts. Fox had stopped using it years before, but Lucas brought it back because it fit with the sense of nostalgia he was trying to build with the film. He didn’t (afaik) change it at all, though. Didn’t he also deliberately include the ‘extra’ coda at the end of the fanfare that I think was originally only used for Cinemascope movies? In later films the Lucasfilm logo always appears when this plays. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/25 "2016-01-05T13:12:29Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Didn’t he also deliberately include the ‘extra’ coda at the end of the fanfare that I think was originally only used for Cinemascope movies? In later films the Lucasfilm logo always appears when this plays. This. He didn’t re-install the fanfare – 20th century Fox never gave that up – he re-instated the “long” version, which I had previously only seen on TV when they ran CinemaScope movies. I knew when I heard that that Star Wars was going to be _good_, because Lucas paid attention to details. Now, of course, it’s standard to use the “long form” fanfare, but it had been missing for _years_. Incidentally, this is a weird entry for this thread, because Lucas’ opening for _Star Wars_, although it used the full fanfare, didn’t use the actual 20th Century Fox _logo_ at all. None of the Star Wars movies opens with the giant “20th Century Fox” words and searchlights. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/26 "2016-01-05T15:33:34Z")
I came in to mention the “Waterworld” one, but was beaten to it. So instead, I’ll point out one where they should have done it but didn’t. “October Sky” dealt with the impact of the Sputnik launch and should have used the globe logo and then panned in to show the Sputnik orbiting it. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/27 "2016-01-06T07:27:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Incidentally, this is a weird entry for this thread, because Lucas’ opening for _Star Wars_, although it used the full fanfare, didn’t use the actual 20th Century Fox _logo_ at all. None of the Star Wars movies opens with the giant “20th Century Fox” words and searchlights. Have I been hallucinating for 39 years? I thought eps I-VI all had it. I can’t remember what movie it was, but the Universal logo once replaced Earth with Mars for a movie that took place on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/28 "2016-01-06T12:19:13Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > Have I been hallucinating for 39 years? I thought eps I-VI all had it. > > I can’t remember what movie it was, but the Universal logo once replaced Earth with Mars for a movie that took place on Mars. I’ll go back and check, but I know for a fact that the fanfare plays over the “A Lucasfilm production” words. Since Lucas released the prequels, those words aren’t just green sans-serif, but “western” letters, and the coloring changes from none to silver to gold as the fanfare goes along. The fanfare is NOT playing over the 20th Century Fox logo: [https://search.yahoo.com/search;\_ylt=A0LEV1AmBo1WmWEAucRXNyoA;\_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTE2NgRncHJpZAM3cnlSc0JGd1FnZU5INjZmY0NReVhBBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzM5BHF1ZXJ5A1lvdXR1YmUgb3JpZ2luYWwgTHVjYXNmaWxtIGxvZ28gb3BlbmluZwR0X3N0bXADMTQ1MjA4Mjg1Mg--?p=Youtube+original+Lucasfilm+logo+opening&fr2=sb-top-search&hspart=yahoo&hsimp=yhs-default](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEV1AmBo1WmWEAucRXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTE2NgRncHJpZAM3cnlSc0JGd1FnZU5INjZmY0NReVhBBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzM5BHF1ZXJ5A1lvdXR1YmUgb3JpZ2luYWwgTHVjYXNmaWxtIGxvZ28gb3BlbmluZwR0X3N0bXADMTQ1MjA4Mjg1Mg--?p=Youtube+original+Lucasfilm+logo+opening&fr2=sb-top-search&hspart=yahoo&hsimp=yhs-default) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/29 "2016-01-06T12:40:33Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Looks like _The Mouse That Roared_ (1959) might be it. Here it is [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXVUmbzXQnA) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/30 "2016-01-06T13:02:50Z")
Looking over the YouyTube videos (bobe of which have the whole intro, dammit), I suspect my memory is playing me false here. It looks like possibly the original opening started with the 20th century Fox logo at the start of the fanfare, but the coda played over “A Lucasfilm production”. Sorry about that. I haven’t seen the new flick yet, but I gather from YoluTube that it (and maybe newer releases of the older films) have a new and completely different fanfare under the Lucasfilm logo. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/31 "2016-01-06T16:01:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Looking over the YouyTube videos (bobe of which have the whole intro, dammit), I suspect my memory is playing me false here. It looks like possibly the original opening started with the 20th century Fox logo at the start of the fanfare, but the coda played over “A Lucasfilm production”. > > Sorry about that. > I haven’t seen the new flick yet, but I gather from YoluTube that it (and maybe newer releases of the older films) have a new and completely different fanfare under the Lucasfilm logo. That sucks. The lack of the Fanfare in front of the Force Awakens was a bit jarring for me (I’m old and set in my ways :)). As a goof on my way to see it I played it on my phone for my friend. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/32 "2016-01-06T22:38:24Z")
Can anyone verify if _Anomalisa_ does this? The [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkHA3fHk_0) has the Paramount mountain mixing in with the clouds for the opening scene on a jet. (Note that Paramount only got the distro rights recently, so if you saw it at a festival or some such, there won’t be a Paramount logo at all.) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/33 "2016-01-07T00:29:01Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > [Dreamworks changes up their logos pretty often, though not always to match the movie it’s attached to.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpy8mYHQps) > > (My favourite of that are the Ring and Kung Fu Panda ones.) I was going to mention _The Ring_ and I beleive they also did something for _Meet the Parents._ I get a kick out of it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138/34 "2016-01-07T12:36:50Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I was going to mention _The Ring_ and I beleive they also did something for _Meet the Parents._ I get a kick out of it. There was a very subtle alteration in _How to Train Your Dragon_, where the silhouette of Toothless obscures the stars. I caught this when I first saw it, although I didn’t yet know what the effect was supposed to be. > **[How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Trivia - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892769/trivia/?tab=cz&ref_=tt_trv_cc)** > > How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-logos-styled-for-the-movie-or-incorporated-into-first-scenes/742138.md?page=1)