Gallop Films (Australia)

Background
Gallop Films is a production company based in Whyalla, Australia, formed by Mandy York and Ruth Dodd in 1985, York and Dodd had their starts as board members for Nine Network and BBC One Northern Ireland respectively. It was initially launched to handle barter advertising sales and international distribution of various cartoons, before abandoning that business model to focus on low to middle budget genre films. The company was brought down in a lawsuit in 2005, amid allegations of investments without prior approval from backers, but the suit was dismissed as frivolous. York would leave the company to pursue work in aviation in 2010 and the company's Australian office was closed, with two new ones opening in Austin, Texas and London. In 2021, after a period of dormancy, the company was acquired by Disruptive Influence, and producer Jason Piette would join the company thereafter.

1st Logo (1987-1990)
Logo: Against a purple starry space background, we see a constellation that forms a horse. "Distributed by GALLOP Films" is to the right of it.

Variant: "Distributed by" is removed on programs that were co-distributed by other companies.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Was seen on syndicated and international prints of various cartoons from the 80s, The Halloween Gang being the most notable. The variant is near extinction, only appearing on non-US prints of shows they distributed and used to reflect co-distribution with International Broadcast Systems. However, it can be seen on at least one episode of The Halloween Gang, "Bad Medicine", which was used to replace a heavily edited version of an episode that aired on ABC. This print also appeared on the VHS release by Family Home Entertainment.

2nd Logo (1991-1995)
Logo: We see a film cell with footage of a horse silhouette running. "Gallop films" is below the logo in white. The image cuts out before the rest of the logo does.

FX/SFX: The horse running.

Music/Sounds: An excerpt of "You'll Never Walk Alone", sourced from a live recording done at Liverpool's Kop. This is notable for being part of the interlude to the Pink Floyd song "Fearless"

Availability: Appears on a number of softcore pornographic and fetish films. It also appeared on the films Doll House and Bark of the Wolf Woman.

2nd Logo (1999-2001)
Logo: We see a film strip running down as the image flickers, revealing a horse running. The horse goes onto its hindlegs as the footage freezes and zooms back, leaving behind the horse in a red box. "gallop films" is below.

FX/SFX: The film strip.

Music/Sounds: The sound of a projector and card flipping sounds, ending with a shrill synth note and an echoing clap.

Availability: Appeared on Fisherman's Den and The Hunchback.

3rd Logo (2022-)
Logo: On a black background we see a white box containing a sword-wielding knight atop a horse on its hindlegs. "Gallop Films" is below it with a byline reading "A Disruptive Influence Company"

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A sword slashing sound, along with a horse's neigh and Dodd saying "Awesome..."

Availability: Can be seen on Grandma 2.0.