Background: Newmarket Films was an American film distributor and producer formed in 1994 as a subsidiary of the Newmarket Capital Group. It was acquired in 2009 by and later folded into Exclusive Films. The studio didn't use a logo until 2000.
1st Logo
(2000-2002)
Nickname: "Newmarket Splash"
Logo: A bright light flash occurs and the word "NEWMARKET" appears in a shiny white font (sometimes with orange glimpse). There is a dim, full width line right below the word.
FX/SFX: The splash.
Music/Sounds: An ascending piano string theme with a spark sound, the opening theme or none. On A Better Way to Die, a whooshing sound is heard.
Availability: Seen on the company's early films, like A Better Way to Die, Stark Raving Mad (the 2002 film, not the TV show) Memento, The Skulls II, Cruel Intentions 2 or Donnie Darko (the director's cut uses the next logo).
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo
(2002-2010)
Nickname: "Newmarket Piano"
Logo: On white blocks, several orange plates appear like in a vertical piano board, then they zoom out and rotate 90 degrees clockwise. Other letters glow up, and we can read NEWMARKET FILMS, with T and F connected. The three blocks appeared first are now horizontal up to F. The logo then fades out.
Variant: A later version has a black background, and a byline "AN EXCLUSIVE MEDIA GROUP COMPANY" is shown on the bottom right of the logo.
FX/SFX: The blocks lighting up.
Music/Sounds: Electronic beeping with whooshes and it ends with a piano theme. Sometiles silent or the opening theme of the movie.
Availability: Seen on later films from the company such as Whale Rider, the director's cut of Donnie Darko, Cruel Intentions 3, The Skulls 3, The Prestige and Prom Night.
Editor's Note: None.