On most 1992-present episodes of The Simpsons that use the standard closing theme, we often hear the final note of the music play right as the logo starts, often drowning out the murmuring.Earlier Halloween shows lack some parts of the audio. Numerous other alternate versions of the theme have been used over the years (see "Variants" above). On Halloween episodes of The Simpsons, starting with "Treehouse of Horror II," the audience sounds and the "Shhhh!" are replaced with a woman screaming very cowardly and the same tune played on a creepy organ that basically matches Halloween very much.So the third one (which is the 9 note electric piano jingle) was added in the logo and it has been used for 30+ years. The first one is a George Winston inspired track, and the other one is inspired by Phillip Glass. Originally, There were 2 tracks that didn't make it in the logo.It was double-tracked to make it sound like there were more people chattering. The chattering was provided by former Fox CEO, Garth Ancher, and Townsend himself.The "Shh" was provided by Tracey Ullman herself.The music here was done on a Korg 05R/W synth rack, using a customized preset.The music in this logo is heard at the end of Neil Cicierega's "Alanis" from his mixtape, Mouth Sounds.The tune is very similar to the refrain of "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, but since this logo predates that song by six years, this is most likely a coincidence. Music/Sounds: The sound of an audience muttering and murmuring is heard, sometimes extended during the logo's early years and on a few early episodes of Weakest Link USA (the American version of the BBC UK game show), followed by a shushing sound effect, and then a 9-note electric piano theme with drums composed by Jeffrey Townsend, but on the 1st season of The Tracey Ullman Show and a few early episodes of Weakest Link USA (the American version of the BBC UK game show), the last note of the jingle was extended. Most episodes have either the Laurelwood Entertainment logo on early episodes or The Gurin Company logo.įX/SFX: The woman's hand raising and making a shush gesture, the lights dimming, and the company name fading in. On a few early episodes of Weakest Link USA (the American version of the BBC UK game show), the "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text is replaced with the 1997 BBC logo.On the first season of The Tracey Ullman Show, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text was in a different font and it stays onscreen a bit longer.The only visual variation of this logo on a Simpsons episode was in the episode "Last Tap Dance in Springfield".
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For a full comprehensive list of variations, see The Simpsons Archive's Alternate Credits Guide.
One recurring variation is on Halloween episodes, where a woman screaming is heard followed by a creepy pipe organ playing the theme. The Simpsons has featured many alternate variations of the logo over the years, with different music, sound effects, and/or dialogue.It then cuts to the words "IN ASSOCIATION WITH." Then, the audience becomes silent, the lights dim, and the projector comes on and casts a blue light to the screen, and then these words in white appear: Then, after a few seconds, a female silhouette that is close to us makes a "shush" gesture.
We start off in a cinema, with lots of chattering going on.
Logo: It is seen in the middle of black background with two thick white lines sandwiched it. Nicknames: "Shhh!", "The Dark Cinema", "Shush Lady", "The Shushie Lady", "The Cinema", "That Logo at the End of The Simpsons", "That Strange Logo appears at the end of Weakest Link USA (the American version of the BBC UK game show)