Carolco Pictures
Jess Williams, Juniorfan88 and Logophile
Captures by
juniorfan88, mr3urious, Eric S., kidinbed and Logophile
Editions by
mr3urious, V of Doom, DaBigLogoCollector, Vahan Nisanian, Unnepad, TheLogoFan2004 and MitchellShepherd06
Video captures courtesy of
AsdfDailymotion898, TheAccountSecond77, Eric S, TheRedBaron1985, Ryan Holman and Broken Saw
Background
Carolco is a film company that makes stuff
1st Logo (May 22, 1985-September 4, 1987)
Visuals: some cs come in space
Variant: A still version exists.
Technique: everything
Audio: a music that sounds like a 4yr old made it
Audio Variant: none
Audio Trivia: This was also featured of the First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II soundtracks as the thirty-first track and the first track, respectively, as "Carolco Logo". Another track has the slate recording that reveals that the fanfare was made in 75 takes. That version is the twenty-sixth track of the second film's soundtrack as "Carolco Logo (With Slate)".
Availability:
appeard on some stuff
2nd Logo (May 1, 1986-November 30, 1988 as an movie logo, April 14-December 18, 1986 as an television logo)
Visuals: 2 cs combine for this logo
Variants:
- On the theatrical trailer for Extreme Prejudice, the logo is silent and tinted blue.
- On a French VHS of Red Heat, translated as Double Détente, the logo is shown in a still before the credits appear.
Technique: everything
Audio: funky music from the 80s that will give u nostalgia for old timers
Availability:
seen ona million tings lol
3rd Logo (January 15, 1988-August 26, 1994, 2015-2016)
Visuals: blue cs make a logo
Trivia: On international prints of The Wizard, this logo didn’t actually plaster over the Universal Pictures logo. Instead, the logo would play as normal with the music and would then be followed by the film with the Universal logo blacked out.
Variants:
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Closing Variant: On the end credits, the print logo is seen with trademark info below. The logo may be seen again with "A Carolco Release" or "A Carolco International, N.V. Release" above or below. Sometimes, legal information is seen below with "® DENOTES A TRADEMARK OF CAROLCO PICTURES, INC., REGISTERED IN THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.".
Technique: everything
Audio: regular msuic
Audio Variant: On some TV airings (including Trifecta's syndicated print) of Lock Up, the 1984 TriStar jingle is heard due to a bad plastering error.
Availability: seen on a trillion things lol iz soo common XD ther iz a 100% chance you will see this
Legacy: dis logo has 62725736345644337282929746464534678554446546655555678900654213 fans so iz cool
4th Logo (December 22, 1995, 2015)
Visuals: just a pic lol
Variant: Later on, when Carolco was revived, the logo appears larger and has a silver look, with a copyright notice below.
Technique: A printed image made using traditional ink and paint.
Audio: no sound… boring
Availability: seen on 1 ting why lol
5th Logo (2016-2017)
Visuals: lazy logo iz just the same as in 1988 lol
Technique: CGI.
Audio: THE EXACT SAME AS 1988
Availability: idk
External links
- Carolco Pictures on Wikipedia
- Carolco Pictures Filmography on IMDB