In February of 2025 ABC News Live was relaunched with new graphics and music, the first rebranding in five years. This theme is urgent, dark, and full of energy, grabbing your attention from the start. It incorporates pumping synths often associated with EDM music, adding to its intensity. The music is rich and colorful, achieved by combining various electronic and acoustic instruments, making it difficult to isolate any one individual sound. It’s a track that couldn’t possibly be performed live, featuring a staggering 165 instruments. Composer Matthew Kajcienski explains, “If something needs more depth, I’ll combine five or six different instruments to achieve exactly that.”
Matthew Kajcienski – ABC News Live primetime theme
After the primetime version was completed, Kajcienski created a daytime adaptation that is lighter in tone. The key was raised, altering the timbres of the instruments, and the percussion was reworked. Kajcienski explains, “I stripped out a lot of the punchy, lower-end sounds, replacing them with alternate instruments and textures.”
Matthew Kajcienski – ABC News Live daytime theme
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