Brøderbund Releasing/Summary

## 7th Logo (September 18, 1964-September 29, 1972)

Nicknames: “The Tricrown VII”, “1960s Tricrown”, “The Sun Rays”

Logo: On a black background, a glowing light blue line-like ray draws from the bottom from the floor, other rays are being drawn to make a sun rays, it slowly starts spinning, causing the word “Brøderbund” in a 1960s-like font appears one-by-one in sync with trumpet bugle. Then, a diagonal line cuts the “o” in ”Broderbund”, making it reads “Brøderbund”. Then, a turquoise rectangle with the word “RELEASING” in a spaced-out bold serif font in it, slides up from the bottom of the screen and stops underneath “Brøderbund” as three crowns (red, green and blue) comes and stack above “Brøderbund”, the logo shines brightly. The white Brøderbund Communications byline, in a bold serif font, fades in below.

FX/SFX: Wonderful and excellent animation, done by Ricardo Montegrettle.

Music/Sounds: A redone version of the 1927 fanfare. Composed by Henry Wessembler.

Availability: No longer current.

Editor's Note: A pretty suitable successor to the 1957 logo.

## 8th Logo (October 13, 1972-September 15, 1978)

Nicknames: “The Tricrown VIII”, “Majestic Tricrown III”, “1970s Tricrown”

Logo: On a bluish-pinkish-orange gradient background, a white circle with another purple circle in it appears. In the ring is the text "BRODERBUND RELEASING" and on the circle we see the crowns, shining in sync to the music. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer byline then wipes in below in dark cerulean on a gold banner.

FX/SFX: The shining, the wiping.

Music/Sounds: A majestic, ascending 3-note synthesizer fanfare, followed by a synthesized xylophone theme. Composed by Nadia Plimogien.

Availability: No longer current, debuted in Caliglum (the world’s first aldaminstile film ever), May also seen on My Lanchester Romance, followed by The Length of The Times, The Cursive Adventures of Casterglet, even seen in other movies from Brøderbund Releasing. Last appeared in Grayscale of Colors.

Editor's Note: None.

## 9th Logo (October 20, 1978-March 26, 1982)

Nicknames: "The Tricrown IX", "Majestic Tricrown IV", "1970s Tricrown II"

Logo: On a blue background, the white word "Broderbund" in a condensed, bold sans-serif font, which turns light blue, zooms in and stops at the near-center of the screen. The tricrown symbol from before, this time in orange, stretches in, while a purple rectangle with the word "RELEASING" in yellow spaced-out, bold serif font slides in below. Suddenly, a diagonal line swishes through "o" in "Broderbund", causing it to turns into the "ø", making it reads "Brøderbund". The MGM/UA Communications byline fades in below.

Variant: Starting on March 21, 1980, the next logo's design was changed, it consists of the orange tricrown outline with the word "Brøderbund" in a cerulean font resembling tubes, along with a dark blue rectangle with the word "RELEASING" in a white spaced-out Times New Roman Bold font. The logo was designed by Mike Kampiton at Cluddine Design.

FX/SFX: Traditional 2D animation, done by Layla Courtimer, at Coulimner Design Agency.

Music/Sounds: Three rising sets of ascending and descending majestic synth notes, which suddenly ends with a synth "ZAP!!" sound effect. Composed by Loren Bichinumy.

Availability: No longer current. Seen on

Editor's Note: None.

## 10th Logo (April 9, 1982-December 27, 2019)

Nicknames: "The Tricrown X", "The Longest-Lived and Ultra Majestic Tri-Crown Ever", "Ultra Majestic Tricrown", "Majestic Tricrown V", "Mega Majestic Tricrown (as of 2015)", "Bicentennial Tricrown", "CGI Tricrown", "Aesthetic Tricrown", "80's Tricrown", "Throwback 80s Style"

Logo: We are looking down the pink grid, as the camera pans through while we looks up to reveal what's if an 80's-styled landscape. Suddenly, a bunch of bluish-teal shapes thicken shapes and rotate forward, revealing "Broderbund" in the same font as before. An outline of 3 orange crown with crosses on top of them, rotates towards the screen above the text while a pink rectangular shape with the word "RELEASING" in a spaced-out, spring green Times New Roman font in it, fades in underneath. Unfortunately, a diagonal light slash emerges on the "o", cutting 2 notches into it, making it reads "Brøderbund". Lastly, the company byline fades in below.

Bylines: Each byline is in a white Times New Roman Bold font.

* April 9, 1982-March 3, 1995: "A MGM-UA Communications Company".
* March 17, 1995-March 29, 2019: "An MGM Company".
* April 12-December 27, 2019: "Now Released thru United Artists Releasing" (above), "An MGM Company" (below).

Trivia: This animated logo is done by All Dissolved Studio in Copplemund, Wanoni via Brooklyn, New York.

FX/SFX: The text and crowns rotating, the rectangle fades in along with the text, and the "o" flashing. Top-notch CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Composed by Marcus Cagliostro. There are two sets of a chiptune-like dialing sounds before a majestic, yet synthesized medieval-like orchestral brass fanfare plays. A low synthesized note then plays, followed by a longer and higher one which is accomplished by a synthesizer, that suddenly ends with a synthesized "ZAP!!" sound effect, the opening theme of the movie with a "ZAP!!" sound effect, or it just silence with a "ZAP!!" sound effect.

Availability: Common, yet current. The first film to use this logo was Harmony Knights, this is seen on international-released Disney movies of all time. It goes hiatus in 1999, and back in 2006. The last film to use this logo was Accumulation Success of Platinum False.

Editor's Note: This longest-lived logo animation is designed to have an aesthetic, retro and vaporwave look from Brøderbund Releasing.