Dolby digital Train Trailer

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1st Trailer (June 19, 1992-late 2000s)

Nicknames: "Train", "Ghost Train"

Trailer: On a smoky background, we see the wheels of a train fade into picture and the train starts to move. Once it's out of the picture, a gold Dolby Digital logo fades in and the smoky background fades out.

Variants:

During the logo's early days, from around 1992-late 1995, a silver Dolby Stereo Digital logo appeared (Dolby Digital's old name). In its last few months, this was used in tandem with the standard variant.
There is also a longer version.
The trailer exists in 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 widescreen, and in rare cases 4:3. It also exists in letterboxed 1.66:1.
When used on TV channels prior to their broadcast of films with Dolby soundtracks, the text "where available" would be superimposed over the end of the animation.
FX/SFX: Early CGI done by Xaos. This logo was modeled and animated on an Intergraph TDZ-2000 computer, and rendered on Intergraph RenderRAX servers.

Music/Sounds: We start with a mysterious wind tune that fades with a high-pitched descending shriek of some sort (long version only). Following is some ringing sounds of bells, another wind tune (long version only), the metallic sounds of the train gears along with a train whistle and the rails clattering. An eerie synth drone/hum is heard throughout starting with the bells. "Sound design and mix by Academy Award® Winner Randy Thom, Skywalker Sound" according to the Dolby Demo DVD Explore Our World.

Availability: Common. It appears in some cinemas that use the Dolby Digital technology, but it can be easily found on certain laserdiscs and DVDs, like the Japanese Laserdisc of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in Surround EX!) and the THX-certified 1997 DVD of Platoon. The Dolby Stereo version is seen on some Laserdisc releases such as Stargate, True Lies, Speed, and Immortal Beloved. The 4:3 version appears on the rare THX-certified 1998 Laserdisc of Singin' in the Rain, and the 1.66:1 version exists on the LaserDisc for True Lies. Can also be seen on the Dolby demo disc Explore Our World, the DVDs that came with the first-edition, second-edition and third-edition copies of the book DVD Demystified and some Roadshow Entertainment DVDs such as Happy Feet. This logo debuted on the theatrical release of Batman Returns. The "Where available" variant was seen on Starz in the late 90s and early 2000s when they began broadcasting films with Dolby Digital audio. One of the last appearances of the Dolby Stereo Digital variant is believed to have been on the original theatrical release of Toy Story, which also used its print variant in the closing credits on most versions except for the French Canadian version.

Editor's Note: An iconic debut. The CGI animation is a bit dated for today, but was pretty advanced for the early '90s; in all fairness, this logo's soundtrack is the real star of the show here, anyway

Credit to eishashitsu