Walt Disney Pictures Logo

Template:FeaturedThe **Walt Disney Pictures logo** is the Template:WikipediaLink appearing at the beginning of films released by Walt Disney Pictures.

## Overview

The logo almost always features a fairytale castle directly inspired by Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and the Magic Kingdom's Snow White Castle (formerly Cinderella Castle). It has undergone several changes since its introduction. Some films feature a variation of the logo to match the film's theme and tone.

The main production logo most often features a fanfare based on an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1939/1940 animated feature, *Pinocchio*. Various Walt Disney Television logos have been modified versions of the castle logo.

## Logos

### Main Logos

 File:Disney1985.jpg1985 logo | On a dark purple/blue gradient backdrop, a shower of light descends from the top of the screen, forming a stylized, segmented castle which is a white/purple gradient with only 6 flags. The segments seem to be spaced farther apart by the time the light reaches the bottom. Through the main gate of the castle, a white ball of light forms then extends out to form the words "Walt Disney" in the familiar corporate "Disney" logo font. The word "PICTURES" fades in underneath, and a white semi-circular line is drawn over the castle to the bottom left. This version was used until 1989.
 File:Disney1990.JPG1990 logo | From 1990 until 2006, the background is a light blue, and the castle is a lighter blue. The line now stops when it hits the tip of the "W" in "Walt Disney".
Beginning in 2002 the logo was altered slightly and having a brighter blue tint and they added the missing 7th flag.
 File:Disney1995-wide.jpg1995 logo | In 1995, a short-lived CGI-customized version of the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo was introduced for Pixar movies.
This logo uses a computer-generated facsimile of the castle and lacks the beam of light or segmenting, instead zooming out from the castle gates. Instead of "When You Wish Upon a Star", this production logo utilizes an original fanfare composed by Randy Newman.
It is often followed by the then-current Pixar Animation Studios logo.
This logo appeared in every Pixar animated film from *Toy Story* to *Ratatouille* in 2007, with the exception of *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins*, which uses the 1990 logo instead.
 File:Walt Disney Pictures Flashlight Version (2000).png2000 logo | In 2000, Disney introduced a different logo, in which the screen was black and a glowing orange beam appeared on the screen and shone light on the words Walt Disney Pictures. The light then shines the glowing arch, revealing the castle and fades out in the end (the closing logo is still).
 File:Walt Disney Pictures Logo 2006.png2006 logo | In 2006, on *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest*, Disney introduced this CGI logo. This opening logo was used until *Winnie the Pooh* in 2011.
This logo begins with a glowing star shining in the night sky, like in the movie *Pinocchio*. The view then heads down to what appears to be Disneyland, complete with a sailboat (similar to the Jolly Roger from *Peter Pan*) on a river and a train going down a railroad track. Then, it heads high over Sleeping Beauty castle, with fireworks going off. Eventually, it settles in front of the castle, in which the glowing arch flies over it, and the title appears at the bottom.
Very often, the music in this logo is the modified version of "When You Wish Upon a Star" from *Pinocchio*; though *not* the same one from the "segmented castle" logo.
Mike Gabriel conceived, storyboarded, did all development pieces, directed, and art directed the opening castle logo sequence of this logo, with animation produced by New Zealand special effects studio Weta Digital.
 File:New Walt Disney Pictures logo (2025).png2025 logo | In 2025, Disney will introduce a new Walt Disney Pictures logo with a Snow White Castle (Sleeping Beauty Castle in some movies). The background music of the new Walt Disney Pictures logo of 2025 will be When you wish Upon a star from Pinocchio and One Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Walt Disney Sound studio logo
Walt Disney Sound Studio is a part of Walt Disney Pictures.

### Variations

Since the late 90s, other variations of the standard Walt Disney Pictures logo were released. Most movies have their own variation of the logo, with the standard "Walt Disney Pictures", later as simply "Disney", written in Walt Disney's famous handwriting and the castle featured in a setting that represents a particular movie. By 2014 and onward, these variations were also featured in trailers.

Here is a list of Walt Disney Pictures logo variations:

#### Shorts

 File:Lorenzo - Disney logo.png*Lorenzo* (2004) | This is a variation of the 1990 logo. Each piece of this logo is animated as a neon sign, on a black background.
The castle appears first, separated into purple horizontal neon segments. Each castle segment appears at a time, from top to bottom. Then the yellow neon "Walt Disney" text appears.
The whole logo disappears for a second. At this point, the purple neon "PICTURES" text appears alone on the black background.
At the end, the castle an text reappears, and the arc is formed by four neon segments, one at a time. The first and third arc segments are green, while the second and fourth are yellow.
 File:Get a Horse - Disney logo.jpg*Get a Horse!* (2013) | A completely black and white variation of the 2011 logo appears at the end of this short. This logo is introduced by an Template:WikipediaLink transition. The castle and its environment are a stationary picture that is constantly shown to be subtly trembling, as a deliberate way to represent animation techniques from the 1920s.
 File:Disney logo once upon a snowman.png*Once Upon a Snowman* (2020) | ???

## Disney Castle Openings from 45 Films

Disney Castle Openings from 45 Films Disney

## References

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1. ↑ https://d23.com/ask-dave/erik-chicago-illinois/
2. ↑ https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2016/04/15/the-jungle-book-according-to-jon-favreau/