The Simpsons opening sequence of the opening titles appeared in "White Christmas Blues". A completely different sequence was created for "The Simpsons Movie" and features an orchestrated version of "The Simpsons Theme" as adapted by Hans Zimmer. The cumulus clouds are displayed in 16:9 television aspect ratio, with black matte bars at either end of the screen. As "The Simpsons" logo appears out of the clouds, Professor Frink flies past in one of his inventions carrying a banner marked "MOVIE" and proclaims "Moo-vie! On the big screen!" (On the movie's DVD menu he says, "On the small screen!" when the menu appears, but then
Big in Japan (phrase) Big in Japan (phrase) Big in Japan is an expression historically used to describe western based musical groups who achieve success in Japan but not necessarily in other parts of the world. The phrase began to appear on several major Japanese foreign-rock magazines, especially the "Music Life" magazine, in the late 1970s, and in most cases, the "big in Japan" artists became popular in Japan due to being featured by "Music Life". The concept predated the phrase; Neil Sedaka made it big in Japan with "One Way Ticket" before breaking through in his native United States, while Jimmy Osmond, typically