boxes tilts to face the screen. The 3-D words "COLUMBIA TRISTAR" and "HOME VIDEO" in gold fade in above and below the boxes, respectively with a shining wipe effect.
Trailer Variants: Many times, the boxes would then slide away, the CTHV text would fade out, and one of the following phrases, in script, would zoom in from the center of the logo:
* Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
* Coming Soon to Home Video
* Now Available on Home Video
Afterwards, a trailer with one of the following features would be played.
Variants:
* There is a shorter version that doesn't feature a clip-on.
* An extremely rare variant exists where there are blue bars featuring small CTHV print logos on both sides of the logo. This version is seen on early DVDs and widescreen edition Laserdiscs and VHS.
FX/SFX: Simple but nice animation.
Music/Sounds: Same as above, but the singing trio is less jolly.
Music/Sounds Variants:
* On some trailers like both versions of the Family Collection trailer, the exact same music from the last logos are used.
* On the trailer variants of this logo, a 6-note piano jingle is added at the beginning.
* The 2nd version of the Family Collection trailer has a version similar to the one mentioned above, except the piano jingle is shortened to the last 4 notes.
* A silent version of the trailer variants appears on the 1997 demo VHS of The Devil's Own.
Availability: Rare. It was used for only 2 years. Sometimes it was alternated with the 1993 blue background logo, so as always, keep your eye out.
but under a pale filter, and the text is blue. This will later become the widely-hated 1995 CTT logo known for plastering logos, that is, until the 2002 SPT logo comes in.
Variation: The logo is on a sky background similar to the 1995 CTT logo, and the text is blue.
FX/SFX: The boxes fading in and sliding, the animations of the Columbia/TriStar logos in the boxes.
Cheesy Factor: Same as the 4th.
Music/Sounds: Same as above, but the singing trio is less jolly.
Music/Sounds Variant: On a home video trailer for The American President on the 1996 VHS of Money Train, the opening theme of the trailer plays over the sky background variant.
Availability: Very rare. Same as the 4th Logo.
The sky background variant is more common, but still hard to find, and can be found on a trailer for Little Women (1994) on the 1995 VHS of Persuasion and other VHS releases between 1995-97.
Scare Factor: Sky Variation: None to low, as the background is somewhat lighter, but the trio is still there.
but a bit shorter and darker), which slides to the right. The words "COLUMBIA TRISTAR" appear above the boxes and "HOME VIDEO" on the bottom with "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" below everything else.
FX/SFX: The boxes fading in and sliding, the animations of the Columbia/TriStar logos in the boxes.
Cheesy Factor: Again just like the 3rd CTHV logo, the Pegasus looks like he's pasted on the Columbia logo, but the cloud is shorter and a bit darker.
Music/Sounds: A singing trio (two females: one soprano & alto, and a male tenor) singing "TAKE HOLLYWOOD HOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!", or the opening theme of the trailer.
Availability: Very rare. It was used only on some tapes released by the short-lived Columbia TriStar Family Collection, such as Real Genius and The Adventures of Milo and Otis.
Scare Factor: Low to high. It all depends on what you think of that sudden singing trio. None with the opening theme.
