"Heavy Action" is a musical piece composed by Johnny Pearson for KPM Music. Composed in 1970, and featuring a strong brass and string fanfare opening, "Heavy Action" soon became a well established sporting theme tune, most associated in the United Kingdom as the theme for Superstars[1] and in the United States as the theme music for ABC and ESPN's Monday Night Football.[2] APM Music exclusively controls the rights to the song in North America.