Star Music

Background
Star Music (formerly known as Star Records), is a Filipino recording label owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, founded in February 1995. Its video division called "Star Record Video" went defunct in 2007. Movie releases are nowadays distributed by Star Home Video.

1st Logo (1995-2000)
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2nd Logo (2000-2014)
Logo: On a black background a slanted star shape spins in and zooms out. Meanwhile three arcs, one red, one green and one blue, spin in to the right as the star places. A lens flare then passes through the star, as the word "STAR" zooms-out letter by letter and the word below, "RECORDS" spins in. Then a star appears at the "R" of "STAR".

Variant: On commercials for music albums, the byline "AN ABS-CBN ENTERTAINMENT GROUP COMPANY" appears.

Technique: The logo parts spinning in and zooming out, the light flares.

Music/Sounds: A drum loop with a synth.

Music/Sound Variant: On TV commercials for music albums, the voiceover says "Only from Star Records".

Availability: Very rare. Found on videoke VCDs from the Philippines. The TV commercial variant is seen only on most commercials for music releases from 2000 to 2004, and it also make a surprise appearance in the 2003 ABS-CBN's 50th anniversary documentary special Limangpung Taong Ligawan: The Pinoy TV Story in October 2003.

3rd Logo (2001-2007)


Logo: On a grid background with a green light, the star from before zooms in, then zooms out. Then the word "STAR" zooms in, along with "RECORDS" zooming out while spinning clockwise, the three arcs of the logo zoom in near the star, a red rectangle quickly flips in, and the word "VIDEO" appears in front of the rectangle letter-by-letter, from right to left. The grid also starts to move, and various lights pass through the logo. The logo also spins and faces the top-left.

Variant: On My First Lessons with Jollibee (a collaboration video with fast food chain Jollibee), the print logo appears and is in-credit, alongside the in-credit notice for the Department of Education.

Technique: Very choppy animation compared to before, but it does still look good.

Music/Sounds: A rising synth pad, a deep sound, and a riser synth, followed by a gloomy synth note, three whooshes, and then a bell synth arpeggio.

Availability: Very common at the time in the Philippines. Appears on more film & videoke releases from the company, such as American Adobo (2002). The print logo appeared only in My First Lessons with Jollibee (released in 2005).