Guild Film Distribution

Background
Guild Film Distribution was the theatrical division of Guild Home Video.

1st Logo (1985-1993)


Visuals: Same as the 1985 home video counterpart but matted to widescreen, and "Film Distribution" replaces "Home Video".

Technique: Same as the home video counterpart.

Audio: Same as the home video counterpart.

Audio Variant: In its last year of usage, it used a lush orchestral remix of the 1993 home video theme.

Availability:
 * It appears on VHS tapes of Guild's first cinema releases, such as Cliffhanger, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Fourth War, Universal Soldier and Rambo III.
 * The later music variant was found on a trailer for Bad Lieutenant, which was seen on the Blu-ray release from Fabulous Films.

2nd Logo (1993-1996)
Visuals: Same as the 1993 home video counterpart, but matted to widescreen.

Technique: Same as the home video counterpart.

Variant: A "windowboxed" version exists, appearing before the Cinergi Pictures logo on a UK trailer for Judge Dredd.

Audio: Same as the home video counterpart.

Audio Variant: On some films it may have used the previous logo's orchestral rendition of the home video theme.

Audio Trivia: The music was composed using the Korg M1 workstation from 1988.

Availability: Seen on later Guild cinema releases of the era before the company started a merger with Pathé in 1996, such as James and the Giant Peach; the home video counterpart appears on the video release of the film.