Fortissimo Films

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Background: Fortissimo Films is a multi-national film production, sales and distribution company. It was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam by Wouter Barendrecht and Helen Loveridge. The company has been involved with the production of independent movies and stuff from Hong Kong.

1st (known) Logo

(Early 2000's - 2003)

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Extremely rare. Was seen on early international releases, such as Party Monster, but it's likely to be plastered over or replaced by other distributors.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo

(2003-2007)

Logo: On a blue space, we see many copies of FORTISSIMOFILMS sliding from the left with different speed and in varied distances. One of them remain on the screen. FX/SFX: The words slide. Music/Sounds: A clanking orchestral composition with piano string added near to the end. Availability: Rare. Was seen on Japanese Story, Snow Cake, Shortbus and Ploy. Editor's Note: None. 3rd Logo

(2008- )

Logo: On a deep blue space, we see a cloud of transparent letters, which float and take their places in the logo. FX/SFX: The words bubbling. Music/Sounds: A piano and violin tune, which is actually a sped-up and rearranged rip from the second logo. Availability: Uncommon. This logo tends to plaster old ones. Seen on $9.99 and newer films. Editor's Note: TBA