It started as a piece of sound-library music and through reworks, remixes and generations of Australian growing up hearing it, the Majestic Fanfare has wedged itself into the Australian consciousness.
This triggered staff at triple j to go on strike, playing"I thought it'd be fun to get the scratch out of F**k Tha Police and slip it into the triple j news theme," Mr McKercher said.On a weekend in the Hunter Valley, Tony Ansell and Peter Wall composed the theme for ABC TV News that was used for 19 years.
"I have a very strong view on Majestic Fanfare and that is that it's written by an Englishman and I think that's wrong," he said."Having said that, like a lot of people, when I go overseas and if I hear that music, I love hearing it because of what it means."While the Majestic Fanfare is still used on ABC Radio, the TV news theme has had a number of versions over the years, including a tune composed by Mr Wall and Tony Ansell.