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SeeingisBelieving
02-07-16, 04:13 PM
What are your favourite film title sequences?
Gideon58
02-07-16, 04:17 PM
Believe it or not, the first movie that popped into my head when I saw the title of this thread was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
mark f
02-07-16, 04:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3m9k9dL7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nv2S_S9MlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2gsEI34CE&list=PLbEb562CLykF1DEw2z6aDdnMQ7SgowNxS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf96OEaYBg
SeeingisBelieving
02-07-16, 04:43 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf96OEaYBg

This is great. Great use of symbolism and the typography's great as well.
Stormy
02-07-16, 06:08 PM
There Will Be Blood.
Daniel M
02-07-16, 06:12 PM
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/f2/5a/5bf25a9e843592e1aa66377b1635d091.jpg

Anything in a Godard film

https://celluloidwickerman.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/saul-bass-1960-psycho-title-sequence.jpg

Anything by Saul Bass
SeeingisBelieving
02-07-16, 06:13 PM
Psycho's a great one.
Gideon58
02-07-16, 06:38 PM
Big second to Catch Me if you Can
SeeingisBelieving
08-08-18, 08:35 AM
Machete has a great one. I saw it for the first time last night.
Marlon Brando
08-08-18, 09:14 AM
Se7en and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) were the first to pop in my head.
cricket
08-08-18, 09:53 AM
https://youtu.be/j42TrAVceCI

https://youtu.be/phwOOmFYudU
Gideon58
08-08-18, 10:09 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3m9k9dL7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nv2S_S9MlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k2gsEI34CE&list=PLbEb562CLykF1DEw2z6aDdnMQ7SgowNxS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf96OEaYBg


I also loved the opening of Catch Me If You Can
Gideon58
08-08-18, 10:09 AM
https://youtu.be/j42TrAVceCI

https://youtu.be/phwOOmFYudU

I'll second the opening of Grease as well.
Upton
08-08-18, 09:43 PM
I love the Trouble Every Day opening titles. The font looks incredibly cheap and cable TV-like and yet something about the sequence (aside from the great Tindersticks song) puts me in the perfect mood to watch the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeUO_xc5_wI

Another awesome one is The Departed with the title card showing up so far into the movie. This was at a point when it was becoming a trend for certain kinds of movies to skip opening titles altogether so it felt like a sly joke. I still remember almost cracking up in the theater when THE DEPARTED appeared after I'd been sitting there for like 15 minutes
pahaK
08-08-18, 09:50 PM
From the films I've seen lately I really liked the opening credits from Prince of Darkness and The Fog.
rambond
08-09-18, 06:24 PM
Tomorrow never dies and tango and cash have some pretty great intros
As does goldeneye
SeeingisBelieving
08-10-18, 07:14 AM
Tomorrow never dies and tango and cash have some pretty great intros
As does goldeneye

The World is Not Enough was on yesterday and I liked what they did in the titles with the oil, which also proved to be quite versatile when they got into the multicoloured segment.
DocHoliday
08-13-18, 02:54 PM
Easily Vertigo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CZfSc6nJ8U
MoreOrLess
08-15-18, 08:55 AM
Alien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJRvZ72fLs


Once Upon A Time In The West


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QML28YQBvyc
ScarletLion
08-15-18, 09:03 AM
Opening:

Vertigo

Closing:
'The Dirties'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVbmts7QeXo
MoreOrLess
08-15-18, 09:05 AM
Easily Vertigo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CZfSc6nJ8U

On the same lines the opening of Repulsion...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k84TYSBPB4
alexkevin
08-15-18, 10:29 AM
Believe it or not, the first movie that popped into my head when I saw the title of this thread was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
haha Even I liked the title It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world. nice!!
John-Connor
03-09-19, 05:37 AM
Where Eagles Dare 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlnKY3ZxAMk
John-Connor
09-09-19, 09:47 AM
Just started The World Is Not Enough, and I don't dislike the song as much as SeeingisBelieving but that has got to be the worst Bond title sequence montage ever..:facepalm:
SeeingisBelieving
09-09-19, 10:29 AM
Just started The World Is Not Enough, and I don't dislike the song as much as SeeingisBelieving but that has got to be the worst Bond title sequence montage ever..:facepalm:

I can't remember – is Shirley Manson in the titles? That would definitely improve them ;).
John-Connor
09-09-19, 10:39 AM
No she's not, it looks like Windows 96 screensaver.. 😁
Gideon58
09-09-19, 10:39 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbR9iWDr730

They actually start at 2:30 on this link


Also love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0YI9c3jc90
SeeingisBelieving
09-09-19, 11:00 AM
No she's not, it looks like Windows 96 screensaver.. 😁

Shame. I think the song I hate the most is Writing's on the Wall. I just find Sam Smith's voice really insipid.
GulfportDoc
09-09-19, 05:28 PM
What a great topic! Movie title sequences have pretty much fallen out of favor, with most credits coming at the film's end nowadays. They're still used to some degree in TV series.

Saul Blass has been mentioned from Vertigo and Psycho, but my favorite is the opening title sequence from North by Northwest, where he premiered the use of kinetic typography. Who can forget the titles appearing on the skyscrapers in the same style as the architecture, along with Bernard Herrmann's pounding music score? It built to such a crescendo that the audience couldn't wait to see how it was going to play out.

I too am a fan of The Pink Panther animated title sequence by Friz Freleng, who had worked for Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. Animated titles were common in 1960s productions, and provided fresh comedy for the viewers.

~Doc
MoreOrLess
09-09-19, 05:42 PM
Tarkovsky's Stalker


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwLdqN9Z9o
John-Connor
07-20-21, 08:10 AM
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PHOENIX74
07-21-21, 01:03 AM
I was just thinking about this. The credits for The Big Lebowski are unbeatable, thanks to Dylan :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjIKsFR_dvs

And the opening for Temple of Doom has always grabbed me. Fantastic number :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DeURx3mYck

This would make a great 'Top 50' thread. I might do that one day.
Torgo
07-21-21, 08:30 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BYzzast0jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEBl82BW3J8

They're simple, effective and I love how they put you in just the right mindset to enjoy the movie. The music isn't bad, either.
Torgo
07-21-21, 08:30 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BYzzast0jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEBl82BW3J8

They're simple, elegant and I love how they put you in just the right mindset to enjoy the movie. The music isn't bad, either.
John Dumbear
07-21-21, 10:01 AM
"Zombieland" still has the best opening titles ever. Love Pink Panther and IAMMMMW also.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AFnThY472c
Flicker
07-21-21, 10:25 AM
Dance of the vampire / Fearless vampire killers, I love that little drop of blood, falling from the MGM vampire to that moon shot.

The Good the Bad and The Ugly is a classic. So many italian westerns attempted to recapture its feel without directly copying it.

Maurice Binder's work on James Bond is always terrific. The most iconic being probably Froebe's reflection of golden models.

I loved the massive, short, basic, but powerful Untouchables title.

Also :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInfa7HrmXE