Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

## **Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment**

Background: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment was the home entertainment division of Columbia Pictures.

### (November 1979-November 1982)

Nicknames: “The Torch Lady”, “‘70s Torch Lady”, “The Sunburst”

Logo: Same as the 1976 movie logo, except “COLUMBIA PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS” replaces “Columbia Pictures”.

FX/SFX: Same as the 1976 movie logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1976 movie logo.

Availability: Ultra rare. Seen on VHS during the era.

Editor’s Note: None.

## **RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video**

Background: RCA merged with Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment to form RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.

### 1st Logo (June 1983-October 1987)

Nicknames: “The Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo”, “‘80s Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo”

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on VHS during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

### 2nd Logo (February 1986-December 18, 1991)

Nicknames: “The Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo II”, “‘80s Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo II”, “CGI Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo”

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Very rare. Seen on VHS during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

## **RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video**

### 1st Logo (1982-1991?)

Nicknames: “The Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo III”, “‘80s Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo III”

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Uncommon, bordering on rare. Seen on VHS during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

### 2nd Logo (1988?-1992)

Nicknames: “The Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo IV”, “‘80s Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo IV”, “CGI Bold Letters-Torch Lady Combo II”

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on VHS during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

## **Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment**

Background: TriStar took over RCA to form Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.

### 1st Logo (December 1991-September 9, 1992)

Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo”, “The Boxes”

Logo: On a black background, we see a box with two halves. The left has the 1981 torch lady, while the right has the 1984 Pegasus. “COLUMBIA TRISTAR” and “HOME VIDEO” appear above and below the logo, respectively.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Music/Sounds Variant: On foreign releases, a short guitar theme is heard.

Availability: Near extinction. Seen on VHS during the era.

Editor’s Note: The only boxed logo with the old logos.

### 2nd Logo (August 26, 1992-April 14, 1993)

    Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo II”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo II”, “The Boxes II”

Logo: On a white background, we see two boxes. One with the 1993 torch lady on it and the other with the 1993 Pegasus on it. The text appear above and below the logo, respectively. The TriStar logo looks like it was pasted on top of the Columbia logo. That’s because the artwork used a very similar cloud background, as the backgrounds are the same, while the TriStar logo used on films used a different, darker background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Near extinction. Seen on VHS and VCDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: None.

### 3rd Logo (May 19, 1993-March 27, 2001)

    Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo III”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo III”, “The Boxes III”, “CGI Boxes”

Logo: On a sky background, we see some tossing clouds. A box zooms out to reveal the same logo as before on a black/blue gradient background.

Trailer Variants: Many times, the boxes would slide away to the background of tossing clouds and the ident will zoom in. The trailer variants, are as follows:

* “COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU”
* “COMING SOON TO HOME VIDEO”
* The short version with “COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU”
* “COMING SOON” (the background is the gradient background and zooms out.)
* “ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE” (this one doesn’t zoom in.)

Afterwards, a trailer with these features would be played.

FX/SFX: The tossing clouds and the boxes.

Music/Sounds: A rather dramatic synth theme with ticking drums and hints of piano. The last note is held for the rest of the logo.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on VHS, VCDs and DVDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done CGI logo.

### 4th Logo (1995-1997)

Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo IV”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo IV”, “The Boxes IV”, “Take Hollywood Home”

Logo: On a brown background that looks like a blanket, we see the same logo as before, except that inside the boxes are the footage of the current Columbia Pictures logo and the footage of the 1993 TriStar Pictures logo (except that the background looks a little bit like the Columbia Pictures logo, but a bit shorter and darker).

Byline: Referred to as “a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company”

FX/SFX: The boxes.

Music/Sounds: A trio singing “Take Hollywood Home”.

Availability: Scarce. Seen on VHS, VCDs and DVDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: This is the first CTHV logo with the Pegasus in its movie logo style.

### 5th Logo (1996-1998)

Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo V”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo V”, “The Boxes V”, “CGI Boxes II”

Logo: On a brown background with several Columbia and TriStar print logos, the camera zooms to reveal the same logo as before, but it lacks the byline.

Trailer Variants: Many times, the boxes would slide away and the ident will zoom in. The trailer variants are, as follows:

* “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You”
* “Coming Soon to Home Video”
* “Now Available on Home Video”
* The short version with “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You”
* The short version with “Coming Soon to Home Video”
* The short version with “Now Available on Home Video”

Afterwards, a trailer with these features would be played.

FX/SFX: The boxes and the camera.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo, but the trio is less jolly.

Availability: Scarce. Seen on VHS, VCDs and DVDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

### 6th Logo (1997)

    Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo VI”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo VI”, “The Boxes VI”

Logo: On a <font color=blue background with several Columbia and TriStar print logos (a la the previous logo), we see the same logo as the 2nd and 3rd logos.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 3rd logo.

Availability: Extinct. Used for a very short time.

Editor’s Note: This was a placeholder logo.

### 7th Logo (July 22, 1997-2001)

Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo VII”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo VII”, “The Boxes VII”

Logo: On a white background with film strips of several parts of the current Columbia Pictures logo and the 1993 TriStar Pictures logo (except that it’s in its movie logo) to reveal the same logo as the 4th and 5th logos.

Variant: On at least one occasion, “ENTERTAINMENT” replaces “VIDEO”.

Trailer Variants: Many times, the boxes would slide away and the ident will fade in. The trailer variants are, as follows:

* “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You”
* “Coming Soon to Home Video”
* “Now Available on Home Video”
* “Now Available”
* The short version with “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You”
* The short version with “Coming Soon to Home Video”
* The short version with “Now Available on Home Video”
* The short version with “Now Available on Home Video”

Afterwards, a trailer with these features would be played.

FX/SFX: The zoom in.

Music/Sounds: None. On international releases, a hip hop theme is heard.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on VHS, VCDs and DVDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

### 8th Logo (1999-2002)

Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo VIII”, “‘90s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo VIII”, “The Boxes VIII”

Logo: On a cloudy background, we see the letters: one “C”, one “O”, one “L”, one “U”, one “M”, one “B”, two “I”s, two “A”s, two “T”s, two “R”s and one “S” zooming out. The clouds fade away to reveal the 1993 torch lady and the 1993 Pegasus. “HOME VIDEO” zooms out below “COLUMBIA TRISTAR”.

Variants:

* On at least one occasion, “ENTERTAINMENT” replaces “VIDEO”.
* On DVD releases, “DVD” is seen below instead.

FX/SFX: The letters.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh sound followed by a thunderclap sound.

Availability: Ultra rare. Seen on VHS, VCDs and DVDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: A nicely done logo.

#### 9th Logo (April 24, 2001-June 14, 2005)

    Nicknames: “The Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo IX”, “‘2000s Torch Lady-Pegasus Combo”, “Last of Columbia TriStar”

Logo: On a background with clouds, we see a close up of the 1993 torch lady, then two close ups of the 1993 Pegasus and then another close up of the 1993 torch lady. Then, we see a far view with both and “COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT” form below the logo.

Trailer Variants: Many times, an ident would appear above. The trailer variants are, as follows:

* “COMING SOON TO THEATERS” with the VHS music
* “COMING SOON TO HOME VIDEO” with the VHS music
* “NOW AVAILABLE ON HOME VIDEO” with the VHS music
* “COMING SOON” with the VHS music
* “NOW AVAILABLE ON VHS & DVD” with the VHS music
* The short version with “COMING SOON TO THEATERS” with the DVD music
* The short version with “NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS” with the DVD music
* The short version with “COMING SOON TO VHS & DVD” with the DVD music
* The short version with “NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD” with the DVD music
* The very short version with “COMING SOON TO THEATERS” with the VHS music
* The very short version with “NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD” with the VHS music
* The very short version with “COMING SOON TO HOME VIDEO” with the VHS music
* The very short version with “NOW AVAILABLE ON HOME VIDEO” with the VHS music
* The very short version with “COMING SOON TO VHS & DVD” with the VHS music
* The short version with “COMING SOON TO VHS & DVD” with the DVD music

Afterwards, a trailer with these features would be played.

FX/SFX: The pixelated effects.

Music/Sounds:

* VHS (and early DVD and VCD): A majestic tune with horns and a violin.
* DVD (and later VHS and VCD): A piano theme that rises into a majestic violin theme with a choir.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on VHS, VCDs and DVDs during the era.

Editor’s Note: This is the last logo of Columbia TriStar.

## **Sony Pictures Home Entertainment**

Background: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home entertainment division of Sony Pictures.

### (March 24, 2005- )

Nicknames: “The Bars”, “‘2000s Bars”, “Ultra Common Bars”

Logo: On a black background, we see a cloud with a flash that reveals Sony Pictures’ logo and the words fade in one by one.

Trailer Variants: Many times from 2005 to 2006, an ident would appear during the middle. The trailer variants are, as follows:

* “Coming Soon to Theaters”
* “Coming Soon to DVD and Video”
* “Now Playing in Theaters”
* “Now Available on DVD and Video”

Afterwards, a trailer with these features would be played.

FX/SFX: Nice animation.

Music/Sounds: Timpani drum beats that lead to an orchestrated piece.

Availability: Ultra common. It has been held for home media for over 10 years.

Editor’s Note: None.