The fanfare was composed by Alfred Newman for 20th Century Fox in the 1930s and became one of the most recognisable studio logos in cinema history. Played over the searchlights and monument logo, it marked the start of films for generations of audiences. A longer version later accompanied CinemaScope productions in the 1950s. Online, creators reuse the fourteen second cut as a parody intro, borrowing Hollywood prestige for low budget sketches, fan films and everyday footage that is deliberately far less grand than the music suggests.