Here's a brief history of the major design changes and then some fun variations to the logo. Many variations are from their collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation.
Columbia Pictures Logo (1993-current)
Fanfare by Jonathan Elias
Seen here in The Remains of the Day (1993)
Columbia Pictures Logo (1928-1936)
Seen here in It Happened One Night (1934)
Fanfare by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Seen here in It Happened One Night (1934)
Fanfare by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinemascope version
Seen here in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Seen here in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Seen here in Ghostbusters (1984)
Columbia Pictures Logo (1993-current)
Fanfare by Jonathan Elias
Seen here in The Remains of the Day (1993)
Updated version (2014)
Seen here in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Seen here in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
And now for some fun logo variations:
Zotz! (1962) - Torch Lady asks director/producer William Castle "What's Zotz?"
Cat Ballou (1965) - Torch Lady transforms to Cat and shoots her pistols
Thank God It's Friday (1978) - Torch Lady transforms to a disco dancer and dances
Men in Black II (2002) - The torch flashes blue like a MIB neuralyzer
Finding Forrester (2000) - In a rare musical variation, the music is performed on guitar
The Grudge 2 (2006) - The lights flick, Torch Lady gets possessed and the logo changes names
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) - Torch Lady gets knocked off by a falling banana
Hotel Transylvania (2012) & Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) - Torch Lady turns into a bat
Django Unchained (2012) - Uses an adjusted Cinemascope logo
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) - Torch Lady is replaced by bananostrich ridden off screen by Barry the strawberry
American Hustle (2013) - Reuses the '70s sunburst logo
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) - Torch Lady cardboard standee gets knocked over by Smurfette, using a mushroom as a torch
The Emoji Movie (2017) - A phone appears in front and an emoji appears on her face
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) - Black and white logo glitches several times in different styles
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - Favorite! The logo glitches and flashes to several animation styles, old logos and past variations
Men in Black: International (2019) - Torch Lady puts on sunglasses as the torch flashes
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) - Torch Lady uses the torch to fight off two zombies. A body and blood splatter remain as the logo finishes
The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) - Katie's doodles cover the logo
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Maybe the Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 was composed by Jonathan Elias and it debuted on "Last Action Hero", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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