Editions by mr3urious

1st Logo
(1972-Mid '70s)
Nickname: "GH Shield"

Logo: Set on a shot of grass moving, we see "GH" in a shielded font, similar to the WB shield. The text "A GOLDEN HARVEST PRESENTATION" appears under it. Chinese characters appear left and right of the shield. Then the logo would fade out and would replace by "DYALI SCOPE" with "GH" between "DYALI" and "SCOPE", and under it is "IN EASTMANCOLOR". Chinese characters are shown above it.

FX: Mostly live-action.

Music/Sounds: Starts out with a drumroll, then changing 5 notes, which slows down with 4 notes, then 2 more during "DYALI SCOPE".

Availability: TBA; Golden Harvest's common practice has been to plaster their previous logos with the 1978 one, so most prints of pre-1978 GH movies have that logo.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the fanfare may surprise some after the drumroll.

2nd Logo
(Mid '70s-1978)

Nickname: "White Red-Lined GH"

Logo: On a black background, a white "GH" is drawn. Then a thin red line is drawn in the "GH". Finally, a wheat-ear is drawn at the top right side of the "H". Four yellow Chinese characters appear on both sides of the logo, and "GOLDEN HARVEST PRESENTS", also in yellow, appears under it.

FX: The animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A suspenseful fanfare followed by xylophone tinkles as the wheat ear is drawn, then ending with a loud trumpet fanfare.

Availability: TBA; Golden Harvest's common practice has been to plaster their previous logos with the 1978 one, so most prints of pre-1978 GH movies have that logo.

Scare Factor: Low.

3rd Logo
(1978-2002)
Nickname: "The Rectangle G"

Logo: On a black BG, we see 4 orange rectangles appearing each rectangle, forming a "G". Then it zooms out as the "G" changes colors. The "G" finally becomes yellow, and then stops zooming, and "A GOLDEN HARVEST PRESENTATION" appears under the "G", along with two red Chinese characters on both sides of the rectangle. The text sparkles.

Variants:

• There is a version which lacks the Chinese characters.
• A blue-background version (also lacking the Chinese characters) also exists.
• There has also been a version which reads "A GOLDEN HARVEST DISTRIBUTION" in a slightly different font.

FX: The animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: It starts out with 4 drumbeats as the rectangles appear, then a synth tune plays, ending with a high synth note as the text appears. On some occasions, the music is rearranged with different instruments, or may have the opening theme of the movie playing over it.

Availability: This is seen on a lot of martial arts and action movies made in Hong Kong. The blue background version can be seen on the original CBS/FOX laserdisc and DVD releases of "Return of the Dragon", but with the sounds from the Bryanston Pictures logo underneath!

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

• Low with the synth theme; this is a favorite of many.
• Medium to high with the BP theme; that music can cause some scares, but is tamer than the BP logo.
  

4th Logo
(2002- )

Nickname: "Writing GH on Gold Plate"

Logo: On a black background, we see a "G" and an "H" being drawn. As it is done drawing, a gold square/plate appears, shimmering, with 2 Chinese characters next to it, which zooms out. Then "Golden Harvest" appears under the square/plate.

FX: The animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A new orchestrated theme with bits of the 1978 theme, playing in sync with the animation.

Availability: Current. It can also be seen on the www.goldenharvest.com website.

Scare Factor: Minimal.