Majestic Fanfare is a short orchestral piece of music written by the British composer Charles Williams in 1935.
Majestic Fanfare replaced a short version of Advance Australia Fair that had been in use throughout World War II.
In the early 2000s, Mills' original pencil-written manuscript for the full and two abridged versions of the theme was donated to the music library of the University of Melbourne.
The first titled ABC News theme was written in 1985 by Sydney composers Tony Ansell and Peter Wall.
In 1991, Paul McKercher and John Jacobs, audio engineers at the ABC-owned Triple J radio station, composed a remix of the original 1943 recording, using elements from NWA's "Fuck tha Police" and Prince's "Gett Off", which has been used to introduce the station's news bulletins since.
[6] In 2010, Australian / English Drum and Bass act Pendulum released a remix of the 1985 theme which charted at #11 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2010.