Washington University band plays CNN election theme

The Washington University in St. Louis marching band learned the CNN election theme music — and played it for CNN to post on social media.

The university is hosting the town hall style debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tonight.

Two versions of the performance that have been circulating online are here:

2nd US Presidential Debate 2016 live from WashU in CNN #cnn #presidentalDebate #washU #liveInTV

A video posted by GKC (@gkc567) on Oct 9, 2016 at 11:38am PDT

The WashU pep band learned CNN's election theme music (with just one day's notice!) for today's @ReliableSources broadcast ? pic.twitter.com/r10EssfMZs

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 9, 2016