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Triumph Films
Logoboy95
Captures by
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Editions by
Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, Bob Fish, thehugetvfan and GETENT
Video captures courtesy of
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Background
Triumph Films (also known as Triumph Releasing Corporation) was originally formed in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures and French studio Gaumont Film Company to distribute Gaumont content and some independent films (including Das Boot) in the US. This joint venture lasted until 1985, when Gaumont was looking to set up their own operations in the states. However, Columbia (through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) retained the Triumph branding rights and all films distributed during the venture. In 1988, it was revived as a specialty label to handle independent, low-budget, and direct-to-video film releases as well as distributing Epic Productions and Vision International releases theatrically. The label went dormant again in 1998, and was reactivated in 2002 to release independent and direct-to-video fare such as Steamboy and Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. Triumph Films has been in dormancy since 2008 and has only been revived once as a one-off label in 2014; currently, Destination Films has supplanted Triumph's purpose within Sony.
Contents | ||
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1st Logo (February 10, 1982-August 2, 1985) | 2nd Logo (December 8, 1989-April 22, 1994) | 3rd Logo (March 3, 1995-February 17, 2006, September 5, 2014) |
1st Logo (February 10, 1982-August 2, 1985)
Visuals: There is the 1981-1993 Columbia Pictures logo. The torch then shines into a bright abstract shape, like the sunburst effect on the 1976 logo, then it's revealed to be the Arc de Triomphe, which zooms out, surrounding the Torch Lady. The words "Triumph Films" in the same Souvenir bold font from the 1975 logo fades and flashing in underneath the logo. Her torch continues to shine and the entire logo turns outlined. The byline "A Columbia Pictures/Gaumont Company" later fades in under the logo.
Technique: Backlit animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Appeared on select titles released from 1982 to 1985, such as older prints of Das Boot, Querelle, Purple Haze, Le Dernier Combat, Bizet's Carmen, and Parsifal, to name a few. The latter retains this logo on its U.S. Image Entertainment DVD and Laserdisc release.
2nd Logo (December 8, 1989-April 22, 1994)
Visuals: On a black background, a blue light appears at the bottom in the middle of the screen. The light later splits into nine rays that almost looks like the sunburst effect on the 1976 Columbia Pictures logo, which later zooms-out from screen bottom, revealing the outline of the word "TRIUMPH", which then lights up "I" to turn white and later spreads out to fill in the other words. Above the "I" in "TRIUMPH", there is a blue flower, but we reveal the text "RELEASING CORPORATION" with lines in between, then the byline "A unit of Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." fades in at the bottom of the screen.
Variants:
- From 1991-94, with the formation of Sony Pictures Entertainment, this logo became bylineless.
- On some films at the end, there is no byline and the text. This was also spotted on a VHS of the 1994 Australian film The Roly Poly Man, since in Australia, Triumph was also the name of a home video label of Columbia TriStar Home Video, joining the likes of First Release Home Entertainment and Video Box Office.
- On some trailers of films, the text "RELEASING CORPORATION" and the Columbia Pictures Entertainment byline wipes in from the left at the same time.
- On some TV commercials of 1991-1994 films, the logo is in B&W and the byline reads "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company".
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: A fantasy-oriented fanfare composed by Stephen Graziano, silence, or the film's opening theme.
Availability: Seen on films such as Brainscan, Zebrahead, and Homicide, among others. It might have been seen on theatrical prints of Jersey Girl (1992), I Come in Peace (a.k.a. Dark Angel) and Robot Jox, among others, but DVD and VHS releases omit this.
3rd Logo (March 3, 1995-February 17, 2006, September 5, 2014)
Visuals: On a black background, a bright orange light rises from the lower right-hand corner to the upper-left hand corner of the screen bringing along the 3-D word "TRIUMPH" rising from the bottom to the center. As the light starts to dim down to make a sunburst effect (almost similar to the 1976 Columbia Pictures and the recent Triumph logos), the orange light turns white revealing a light blue line lighting up the flower while the word "TRIUMPH" later turns white and zooming in a little while the word "FILMS" in Trajan Pro Bold with lines in between zooming in and fading in slowly at the same time with the word above. The byline "a Sony Pictures Entertainment company" later fades in fades in underneath the logo.
Closing: There is a closing logo where everything is white and still.
Variant: On films released in matted widescreen after the company's revival in 2002, such as Steamboy and The Second Chance, the logo is actually formatted in the 2:35.1 aspect ratio stretched to fill the frame, rather than using the 16:9 version of the logo.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: The Graziano fanfare from the last logo, silence, or the film's opening theme.
Availability: Seen on many Triumph releases such as Magic in the Water, Jury Duty, Solo (1996), SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Screamers, and the U.S. release of Steamboy, among others; Some home video releases may omit this logo. The in-credit variant appears at the end of The Remaining, but the start of the film only has the Affirm Films logo. This may have appeared on theatrical prints of Zombie Strippers, but home media releases have the Stage 6 logo instead.