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Sony BMG Music Entertainment
CBS Music Video Enterprises
(1980s-1991)
Nickname: "CMV"
Logo: On a black background, we see a 3-D pyramid spinning around, with the letters "C", in red, on one side, "M", in green, on another side, and "V", in blue, on the other. Then, it turns into 3 pyramids, spinning. Then, the pyramids get together, and as they do that, each of them turn 2D, and the letters turn white. "E N T E R P R I S E S" is shown under "CMV".
FX: The animation in the logo, which is excellent for the '80s.
Music/Sounds: A synth tune with ticks and 3 drumbeats as the pyramids turn 2D.
Availability: Spotted on a VHS release of Billy Joel: Live At Yankee Stadium.
Scare Factor: Low.
Sony Music Video Enterprises/Entertainment
1st Logo
(1991-1993)
Nickname: "SMV"
Logo: Same as the CBS Music Video logo, but the C is replaced by an S.
FX: Same as CBS Music Video logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as CBS Music Video logo.
Availability: Should be seen on tapes from 1991-1993.
Scare Factor: Same as CBS Music Video logo.
2nd Logo
(1993-2004)
Nickname: "SMV II"
Logo: On a black background, we see a yellow ball moving upward. Then, two blue balls move downward, left and right of the yellow ball. These move away, as it fades into 3 black smoking circles with the left and right circle with blue outlining and the middle circle with yellow outlining. These outlines then spin around, as the smoke disappears and the letters "S" on the left circle, in white, "M" on the middle circle, in blue, and "V" on the right circle, in white. The circles turn to the colors of the outlines of the circle. The words:
Availability: Common; appears on many music DVDs such as Michael Jackson: Thriller 25, Beyonce B-Day and the Trapped in the Closet series. The variant appears on Transformers the Movie 20th Anniversary Edition and the new versions of the Transformers series.
Scare Factor: Low; the fast animation and ominous music may get to some.
(1980s-1991)
Nickname: "CMV"
Logo: On a black background, we see a 3-D pyramid spinning around, with the letters "C", in red, on one side, "M", in green, on another side, and "V", in blue, on the other. Then, it turns into 3 pyramids, spinning. Then, the pyramids get together, and as they do that, each of them turn 2D, and the letters turn white. "E N T E R P R I S E S" is shown under "CMV".
FX: The animation in the logo, which is excellent for the '80s.
Music/Sounds: A synth tune with ticks and 3 drumbeats as the pyramids turn 2D.
Availability: Spotted on a VHS release of Billy Joel: Live At Yankee Stadium.
Scare Factor: Low.
Sony Music Video Enterprises/Entertainment
1st Logo
(1991-1993)
Nickname: "SMV"
Logo: Same as the CBS Music Video logo, but the C is replaced by an S.
FX: Same as CBS Music Video logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as CBS Music Video logo.
Availability: Should be seen on tapes from 1991-1993.
Scare Factor: Same as CBS Music Video logo.
2nd Logo
(1993-2004)
Nickname: "SMV II"
Logo: On a black background, we see a yellow ball moving upward. Then, two blue balls move downward, left and right of the yellow ball. These move away, as it fades into 3 black smoking circles with the left and right circle with blue outlining and the middle circle with yellow outlining. These outlines then spin around, as the smoke disappears and the letters "S" on the left circle, in white, "M" on the middle circle, in blue, and "V" on the right circle, in white. The circles turn to the colors of the outlines of the circle. The words:
s o n y m u s i c
entertainment
appear one-by-one. "sony music" is spaced out more to fit the width of "entertainment".
FX: The animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the CBS Music Video logo and Sony Music Video logo #1.
Availability: Much more common than the previous SMV logo. Seen on tapes from the era, including Beavis and Butt-Head video tapes.
Scare Factor: Same as the CBS Music Video logo and Sony Music Video logo #1.
BMG Music Video
TBA
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
(2005- )
Nickname: "Spinning Treble Clef"
Logo: We see a spinning red and blue treble clef. It slowly zooms out to the words SONY and BMG (in their corporate fonts) and the treble clef falls on the words. Then a flash occurs and two lines and the words MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT fade in. The treble clef shines.
FX: Everything in great CGI.
Variant: On the 2006 print of Transformers the Movie, the words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" fade in a few seconds later.
Music/Sounds: Wind sounds, followed by a synth chord and some twinkling sounds.
entertainment
appear one-by-one. "sony music" is spaced out more to fit the width of "entertainment".
FX: The animation in the logo.
Music/Sounds: Same as the CBS Music Video logo and Sony Music Video logo #1.
Availability: Much more common than the previous SMV logo. Seen on tapes from the era, including Beavis and Butt-Head video tapes.
Scare Factor: Same as the CBS Music Video logo and Sony Music Video logo #1.
BMG Music Video
TBA
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
(2005- )
Nickname: "Spinning Treble Clef"
Logo: We see a spinning red and blue treble clef. It slowly zooms out to the words SONY and BMG (in their corporate fonts) and the treble clef falls on the words. Then a flash occurs and two lines and the words MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT fade in. The treble clef shines.
FX: Everything in great CGI.
Variant: On the 2006 print of Transformers the Movie, the words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" fade in a few seconds later.
Music/Sounds: Wind sounds, followed by a synth chord and some twinkling sounds.
Availability: Common; appears on many music DVDs such as Michael Jackson: Thriller 25, Beyonce B-Day and the Trapped in the Closet series. The variant appears on Transformers the Movie 20th Anniversary Edition and the new versions of the Transformers series.
Scare Factor: Low; the fast animation and ominous music may get to some.
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