[2] Towers such as these were a common feature of Hollywood studios of the era, as they provided an emergency water supply in case of fire.
The tower has appeared in a number of productions of the company, including any that showed the studio lot, whether live action or animated.
Starting with the HBO Max original film, Locked Down (2021), the repainted water tower is featured in the then-new Warner Bros. Pictures opening for the first time and is now the focal point of the studio lot (now rendered in photorealistic CGI) portion of the sequence.
Studio Tour Hollywood and Google Maps, all in order to reconstruct it in CGI, with a new fanfare composed by Ludwig Göransson.
Furthermore, the CG elements were re-rendered using the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), while the texture for the studio's water tower was updated using Adobe Substance 3D Painter and starting with Under Parallel Skies (2024), the logo featured a new fanfare entitled "Classic Reflection", a new rendition of the fanfare from the 1999 and 2020 logos, composed, arranged and conducted by Jacob Yoffee, co-conducted by Anthony Parnther, orchestrated by Nolan Markey, and mixed by Jason LaRocca, originally it was expected to be debuted in the UK and Ireland print of The Boys in the Boat (2023) but it was dismissed.