It is probably one of the most infamous movie sound marks in history, thanks to its often frightening nature for younger viewers.Ģnd Trailer (Late 1983-October 11, 2006, 2010-September 17, 2012) It's a simple effort, but nonetheless a very effective one as well, mostly thanks to its musical soundtrack, the Deep Note. That said, it can be seen on select Demo DVDs and at THX's official website (plus their official Vimeo and YouTube).Įditor's Note: The introduction of the infamous THX logo. This was only used on the theatrical premiere of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi in theaters located in Dallas and Hollywood, and was never used on THX-certified video releases. It was coded by James Andy Moorer.Īvailability: Extremely rare. Three voices are heard per note, slightly detuned. The lower notes grow deeper, and the higher voices grow more shrill, becoming an ascending dramatic sound until the sounds stop in one pitch. This part of the Deep Note then repeats, and eventually, the voices proceed to their target notes, a drastic change of three octaves.
Each voice moves slowly and randomly in a frequency sweep between 200hz and 400hz. It starts off with a group of 30 descending synthesized voices reminiscent of the sound of an airplane flying. Music/Sounds: A synthesized crescendo sound effect known as "Deep Note".
derive from the earliest Oscar-winning pictures, like Wings, Cavalcade, and Cimarron.įX/SFX: The text and THX logo fading-in and out. Trivia: The nicknames for some of the early THX trailers given by Lucasfilm, Ltd. It stays on screen for about 10 seconds, then slowly fades out with the text above and below the logo. The color fades in majestically with "LUCASFILM LTD." above it and "SOUND SYSTEM" below it, both in small text. and this theatre are pleased to introduce a new motion picture sound system." That text fades out and we wait for a while and the letters "THX", underlined and which have the slightly taller "T" stem extend over the other two letters, appear in a glassy sky blue color. Trailer: We start with a black screen before the following white text fades in: " For the past 35 years, motion picture loudspeaker systems have not changed." Later it fades out and new white text appears reading " Lucasfilm Ltd. Nicknames: "Wings", "It Begins", "Blue THX" Previously owned by sound card manufacturer Creative Technology, THX was acquired by gaming peripheral manufacturer Razer (which acquired the developers of the Ouya game console) on October 17, 2016. You can see the winners of that contest here. In 2006, THX ran a contest for fans of the logos to create their own. They have previously certified physical media such as VHS, LaserDisc, DVD and Blu-ray (and HD-DVD Brave Story in Japan and Pan's Labyrinth in France only) until around late 2012, as well as video games until 2009. THX certifies fine-tuned home theater equipment, TiVo DVRs, and some PCs. THX officially stands for " Tomlinson Holman's e Xperiment". The first THX film was 1983's hit movie Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. until June 2002, when spun-off in its present-day company - THX Ltd.), named after the first film Lucas directed, THX 1138. THX is a motion picture quality certification system (despite being branded as a "sound system" until 1997) founded by Tomlinson Holman and George Lucas in 1982 (in turn was then-owned by Lucasfilm Ltd.