tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888300.post8942219709065387813..comments2024-05-15T00:41:22.185-07:00Comments on The Open Scroll Blog: "The S from Hell" - Part Three - The Phenomenon of the "Screen Gems" BrandingBob Schlenkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889020206773728748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888300.post-21158174792460606092010-10-26T14:11:06.252-07:002010-10-26T14:11:06.252-07:00Have you ever had someone bite the side of your ne...Have you ever had someone bite the side of your neck and you go into a convulsive shiver?Just combine that with that spine tingling music from Eric Sidays Screen Gems jingle.I still,at 48 have the post traumatic effects of the eerie logo and that awful 6 second score that accompanies it!I am happy that this music and logo are not used much anymore.Except on classic retro tv stations.I will be certain to bypass those retro programs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9888300.post-64434280306906085102010-03-09T21:12:22.921-08:002010-03-09T21:12:22.921-08:003/7/10
Okay, If The Screen gems "S" Is C...3/7/10<br />Okay, If The Screen gems "S" Is Considered An unholy Symbol (Similar To the 3rd Reich's "double S" Patch & The Swastiska Itself), How Come When I Was A Child , the Screen Gems "Dancing Sticks" Logo From 1963 With music By Frank Devol Seemed scarier To Me Than the "S" From Hell? I Still Say After 41 Years It's Still The music & The Spook-announcing By Either Hal Gibney Or Colin Male.the synthisyzer of Eric Siday, on The Other Hand Reminded Me Of a Minor 1964 Hit Single By The Waikkis (on Kapp Records) Titled "Hawiian Tattoo", it Had Opening Bars On An Organ sounding Eerily Similar To Siday & Van Alexander's (It was Co-written From American composer Alexander To British composer Siday In late 1964) synthisyzed Tones. It Sounded Like A Marosi Funeral March, believe Me!<br />Signed, RobGems.ca<br />Oxford, Michigan 48371Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com