Music Zap

Credits

Compiled by
Camenati

Background

Music Zap was a product by Music Motions to label music videos that have been transferred to 35mm film and adapted into the four-channel Dolby Surround system to precede feature films in theaters.

Logo (July 3-August 2, 1985)

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Visuals: Set on a space backround with a green gradient on the bottom, two blue-violet grided surfaces slide in from the top and bottom. "A MUSIC", in a stacked format and orange color, zoom in from the center, followed by electric lights zapping in from the left and right to form the red text "ZAP", which stretches vertically, has the "A"'s counter rotate clockwise to a normal angle, and glow afterward. After the text disappear, a black disc with a filmstrip wrapped around it horizontally flies in from the right center and stops at the bottom left. Electric lights zap in from the bottom right to form "from MUSIC MOTIONS" in a left-aligned stacked format. The logo becomes orange before the lights in the background shine and the sequence fades to black.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A descending and shrill synthesized zap is heard throughout. A loud zap, followed by a few more of said effect, plays later on.

Availability: The logo is seen on theatrical prints of A-ha's "Take on Me", which preceded films such as Back To The Future, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and Weird Science in over 200 theaters.