Member mpm74 Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV2eOEU8ynE 1) Why is the background blue? 2) Why does it have those strange sound effects? (Perhaps Bruce Lee's Concorde Production effects?) Sorry if that has been discussed before. Came across this on youtube, I haven't seen the VHS intro in years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 Yeah I've often wondered about that. It's the only time I've seen it done that way....maybe a one-off test they never used again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 Sounds like they've been raiding the BBC Radiophonic Workshop! I think the Fox transfers came from the late 70s reissues. Fists Of Fury and Chinese Connection open with the CBS Fox logo then a Columbia title card. Columbia distributed Game Of Death on its US release. It could have been the first go by GH at that logo after the one where the line runs through the GH and becomes a tree (or something) before they settled on the drumbeat one. It sure does reek of '77! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted June 10, 2010 Author Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 Thanks guys. In a way, I kind of miss it. I wish it was ported down to current HK releases as well. I always thought of it as "Bruce lee wrote, starred and directed this movie, which happens to be his last HK flick, so enjoy it... and here are some nasty sci-fi sound effects to really open your mind"... Me and some friends always thought it was his Concord Productions sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 Thanks guys. In a way, I kind of miss it. I wish it was ported down to current HK releases as well. I always thought of it as "Bruce lee wrote, starred and directed this movie, which happens to be his last HK flick, so enjoy it... and here are some nasty sci-fi sound effects to really open your mind"... Me and some friends always thought it was his Concord Productions sound effects. If you ever saw WAY on it's original UK release you'll have seen the CONCORD opening title logo animation which consisted of a red and a gold ball' that bounced around the (black) screen before forming a yin/yang with the circles representing film cans and the wording; A CONCORD PRODUCTION. It's on you tube and the UK VHS releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Concord logo from WAY: There's no sound but I would be surprised if those bleeping sound effects originally matched the dancing yin/yang symbol. The correct GH logo for this film would be the wheatfield one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV2eOEU8ynE 1) Why is the background blue? 2) Why does it have those strange sound effects? (Perhaps Bruce Lee's Concorde Production effects?) Concord logo from WAY: There's no sound but I would be surprised if those bleeping sound effects originally matched the dancing yin/yang symbol. The correct GH logo for this film would be the wheatfield one. You and Markgway are 100% correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 You and Markgway are 100% correct! There was SOUND on original prints (omitted from VHS)..a kind of 'bouncing' sound to the balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OldPangYau Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 THIS is where the sound comes from: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" "></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> It's slightly out of sync, but you get the idea. Bryanston Pictures was the company that first released Way of the Dragon (as Return of the Dragon, of course) in the US in fall 1973. When it was re-released, they smacked the Golden Harvest logo overtop the Bryanston Pictures background sound. Now, as for the blue background... well... no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 Ah, that's solved the audio then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HongKongMaster Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 You and Markgway are 100% correct! LOL all of you 3 are 100% incorrect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 Killer Meteor's description of the GH logo is the one that followed the Concord logo on the original prints in UK and Taiwan (saw a Taiwanese VHS of the film). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Solved thanks to Old Pang Yau. Never seen that Bryanston logo before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted June 10, 2010 Member Share Posted June 10, 2010 LOL all of you 3 are 100% incorrect Yep. I know you love that, HongKongMaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted June 11, 2010 Author Member Share Posted June 11, 2010 Awesome. OldPangYau, good find. First time I've seen that one, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member soulborn Posted June 12, 2010 Member Share Posted June 12, 2010 was cause back then this kind of sounds was a new invention bit tunes i think it was named. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OldPangYau Posted June 13, 2010 Member Share Posted June 13, 2010 Solved thanks to Old Pang Yau. Never seen that Bryanston logo before. Awesome. OldPangYau, good find. First time I've seen that one, too! Glad I could help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted June 14, 2010 Member Share Posted June 14, 2010 great thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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