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Lone Ranger Radio Program Theme Music Selections

• When I was a child, I loved The Lone Ranger program on the radio and especially loved the various theme music used. Over the years, I have learned of 3 of the classical pieces that were used: William Tell(Rossini), Les Preludes(Liszt) and the overture to Donna Dianna(unknown composer). My question is what were the other pieces used regularly, or occasionally, for this program series over the years it was on the air. I do not know whether the same music was used for the tv program, but perhaps it was. I did not ever watch the tv program and have no knowlege of it. I would like to have a program music selection listing that I could shop from for the collection of all the theme music pieces.

• Answer:

  Hello Fbelote, Audio Classics Archives has restored a large number of Lone Ranger radio shows AND also has several different CDs of the music used on the Lone Ranger. Instructions: 1. On the menu on the left, click on Programs on CD's. 2. Scroll down and click on LONE RANGER. http://www.audio-classics.com/welcome.html Or just use this direct link: http://www.audio-classics.com/theloneranger.html Examples of the music CDSs available: CD005020 The Lone Ranger Music 1. Rossini: William Tell Overture (The Lone Ranger theme) 2. Hajos/Bonnell: The Bull Fighter 3. Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture - excerpt # 1 4. Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture - excerpt # 2 5. Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture - excerpt # 3 6. Feuer/Bonnell: Nightfall 7. Schubert: Devil's Castle Overture 8. Hajos/Bonnell: Scheming 9. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - excerpt # 1 10. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - excerpt # 2 11. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - excerpt # 3 12. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - excerpt # 4 13. Lava/Bonnell: Black Motive 14. Weber: Abu Hassan Overture 15. Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite # 1 - Overture 16. Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite # 1 - Adagietto 17. Lava/Bonnell: Saddle Tempo 18. Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture 19a. Colombo/Bonnell: Turmoil/Calm 19b. Flotow: Martha Overture - Excerpt # 1 20. Flotow: Martha Overture - Excerpt # 2 21. Flotow: Martha Overture - Excerpt # 3 22. Colombo/Bonnell: The Revolt 23. Saint-Saens: Henry VIII - Gigue 24. Saint-Saens: Henry VIII - Finale 25. Colombo/Bonnell: The Getaway - Part 2 26. Hellmesberger: Storm Scene 27a. Feuer/Bonnell: Kidnapped 27b. Schubert: Symphony # 5 - 2nd movement 28. Schubert: Symphony # 5 - 4th movement - excerpt # 1 29. Schubert: Symphony # 5 - 4th movement - excerpt # 2 30. Colombo/Bonnell: Perpetual Motion 31. Weber: Euryanthe Overture - excerpt # 1 32. Weber: Euryanthe Overture - excerpt # 2 33. Weber: Euryanthe Overture - excerpt # 3 34. Colombo/Bonnell: Hurry 35. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture - excerpt # 1 36. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture - excerpt # 2 (1st version) 37. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture - excerpt # 2 (2nd version) 38. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture - excerpt # 3 39. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture - Spinning Chorus 40. Hajos/Bonnell: The Brute 41. Liszt: Les Preludes - excerpt # 1 42. Liszt: Les Preludes - excerpt # 2 43. Liszt: Les Preludes - excerpt # 3 CD005021 The Lone Ranger Music 1. Colombo/Bonnell: Desert Riders 2. Beethoven: Sonata # 12 "Funeral" - 3rd movement - excerpt # 1 3. Beethoven: Sonata # 12 "Funeral" - 3rd movement - excerpt # 2 4. Strauss, Johann Jr: Die Fledermaus Overture - excerpt # 1 5. Strauss, Johann Jr: Die Fledermaus Overture - excerpt # 2 6. Colombo/Bonnell: Lamento 7. Weber: Der Freischutz Overture 8. Nicolai: Merry Wives Of Windsor Overture 9. Strauss, Richard: Festmarsch, Op. 1 10. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture 11. Hajos/Bonnell: Mysterioso # 1 12. Gomez: Il Guarany Overture - excerpt # 1 13. Gomez: Il Guarany Overture - excerpt # 2 14. Schubert: Rosamunde Overture 15. Hajos/Bonnell: Life Saver 16. Beethoven: Egmont Overture - excerpt # 1 17. Beethoven: Egmont Overture - excerpt # 2 18. Beethoven: Egmont Overture - excerpt # 3 19. Colombo/Bonnell: Heavy Agitato # 1 20. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture 21. Strauss, Johann Jr: One Night In Venice Overture 22. Borodin: Polovetsian Dances (band arrangement) 23. Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture - excerpt # 1 24. Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture - excerpt # 2 25. Weber: Oberon Overture 26. Colombo/Lava/Bonnell: The Fighting Devil Dogs End Title 27. Bizet: Patrie Overture 28. Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture - excerpt # 1 (Sgt.Preston Of The Yukon theme) 29. Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture - excerpt # 2 30. Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture - excerpt # 3 31. Colombo/Bonnell: The Lone Ranger Foreword 32. Beethoven: Symphony # 7 - 2nd movement 33. Flotow: Stradella Overture 34. Liszt: Mazeppa - excerpt # 1 35. Liszt: Mazeppa - excerpt # 2 36. Colombo/Bonnell: The Getaway - Part 1 37. Suppe, Franz Von: Wiener Jubel Overture 38. Mendelssohn: Symphony # 3 "Scotch" - Scherzo - excerpt # 1 39. Mendelssohn: Symphony # 3 "Scotch" - Scherzo - excerpt # 2 40. Hajos/Bonnell: Mechanical Montage 41. Wagner: Rienzi Overture - excerpt # 1 42. Wagner: Rienzi Overture - excerpt # 2 43. Wagner: Rienzi Overture - excerpt # 3 44. Colombo/Bonnell: The Lone Ranger Main Title 45. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight Of The Bumble Bee (Theme- The Green Hornet) 46. Charles Williams: Winged Messenger (The Silver Eagle opening theme) 47. Walter Collins: The Great Assembly March (The Silver Eagle closing theme) 48. A Lone Ranger Opener To End All Lone Ranger Openers (Private recording) To order, select the CD number(s) of your choice: http://www.audio-classics.com/theloneranger.html Ordering Information http://www.audio-classics.com/cost_ship.html ================================================= Here is another list of musical compositions heard during various Lone Ranger episodes, both on the radio and TV. LONE RANGER MUSIC http://www.old-time.com/ffiles/loneranger_music.shtml ================================================= TV Series Lone Ranger Music Information ?The original recordings of the THEME and Cues which were "tracked" into episode scores for the TV series derive from recordings made in 1940 in a radio studio in Mexico City directed by conductors Daniel Perez Castañeda and Higinio Ruvalcaba. (?) These cues included a number of excerpts from various classical warhorses like Franz Lizst's "Les Preludes" and the "Fingal's Cave Overture" by Felix Mendelssohn; plus cues from old B-picture Western films from Republic Studios composed by Cy Feuer, William Lava, Karl Hajos and Alberto Colombo.? CD: "The Music of the Lone Ranger" (1992) A Cinedisc from "CinemaSound Records" CDC 1019 Manufactured by: Intersound, Inc. 11810 Wills Rd. P.O. Box 1724 Roswell, GA 30077 Distributed in Canada by: Intersound, Inc. 1 Select Ave. Scarborough, Ontario M1V 5J3 ?This CD contains half original authentic 1940 radio/TV Mexican recordings; and half modern studio re-recordings of the original scores written for Republic B-picture serials used on early radio before 1940 for comparison; The CD was produced by James King - an associate of Composer William Lava, with audio restoration by Graham Newton.? http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/loneRanger.html THE MUSIC OF THE LONE RANGER From the Original Republic Scores, 1938-1940 James King ? CinemaSound Orchestra 1) Signature Republic (AlbertoColombo) 0:15 2) The Lone Ranger Main Title (Colombo) 1:19 3) The Lone Ranger Foreword (Colombo) 0:55 4) The Brute (Colombo) 1:08 5) Mechanical Montage (Karl Hajos) 0:51 6) Perpetual Motion (Colombol 2:07 7) The Life Saver (Hajos) 3:03 8) The Revolt (Colombo) 1:51 9) Misterioso No. 1 (Hajos) 0:50 10) The Bull Fight (Hajos) 2:40 11) Lamento (Colombo) 2:47 12) The Fighting Devil Dogs End Title(Colombo/Lava) 0:54 13) Turmoil/Calm (Colombo) 1:33 14) Hurry (Colombo) 0:59 Suspense Montage 15) Black Motive (William Lava) 1:08 16) The Getaway (Colombo) 2:59 17) Kidnapped (Cy Feuer) 1:52 18) Under Cover (Lava) 1:11 19) Nightfall(Feuer) 1:59 Action Trilogy 20) Anxious Moments (Lava) 1:39 21) Riders in Pursuit (Lava) 1:40 The Rearrangements, 1940-1954 Conducted by Daniel Perez Castaneda*and Higinio Ruvalcaba** Arranged by Ben Bonnel (except track #23) 22) Heavy Agitato No. 1 (Colombo) 3:36 23) William Tell Overture Finale(Gioacchino Rossini)* 2:58 24) The Lone Ranger Main Title (Alberto Colombo)** 1:18 25) The Lone Ranger Foreword (Colombo)* 0:58 26) The Brute (Karl Hajos)* 1:25 27) Merchanical Montage (Colombo)* 0:42 28) Perpetual Motion (Colombo)** 1:23 29) The Life Saver (Hajos)* 2:13 30) The Revolt (Colombo)* 1:18 31) Misterioso No.1 (Hajos)* 0:43 32) The Bull Fight (Hajos)* 3:18 33) Lamento (Colombo)** 3:16 34) The Fighting Devil Dogs End Title (Colombo/Lava)* 0:50 35) Turmoil/Calm (Colombo)* 1:42 36) Hurry (Colombo)* 0:43 Suspense Montage 37) Black Motive (William Lava)* 1:11 38) The Getaway, Part 1 (Colombo)* 1:05 39) The Getaway, Part 2 (Colombo)* 0:22 40) Kidnapped (Cy Feuer)* 1:01 41) Nightfall (Feuer)* 1:32 42) Scheming (Hajos)* 1:10 Action Trilogy 43) Heavy Agitato No. 1 Colombo)** 2:29 44) Desert Raiders (Colombo)* 2:18 45) Saddle Tempo (Lava)** 1:10 CINEDISC MCMXCII Intersound Inc. MCMXCII CinemaSound Records Manufactured by Intersound Inc.: An American Company. 11810 Wills Rd.. P.O Box 1724, Roswell, Georgia 30077 Distributed in Canada by Intersound Inc., 1 Select Ave., Scarborough, Ontario M1V5J3. Unfortunatley this CD is no longer available; however it appears that you can preorder it on Amazon.com http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/preorder/new/B00000E5WM/ref=dpr_sdp_po/103-8989118-0440621 ================================================= Additional information that might interest you: Details about the use of music on the Lone Ranger series, its origins and use for serials, radio and TV; is found in the book "The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music" by Reginald Jones. Book Description ?The most popular radio adventure show in history, The Lone Ranger held an audience of millions spellbound for over two decades. Key to its success was the music used on it-music rendered so beautifully, chosen with such delicate precision, that for half a century listeners have frantically searched for an answer to the question, "What was the music used on the Lone Ranger?" This book answers that question and many more, including, "Who performed it?" "Who recorded it?" "When?" "Where?". Set in Detroit, New York, Hollywood, and Mexico City against a backdrop of cliffhanging events that shaped the broadcasting industry, the story is as great an adventure as any heard on the show itself.? Two used copies of this book are currently available at Amazon.com The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music: A Search for the Music Used on the Lone Ranger Radio Program, 1933-1954 (Textbook Binding) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810819821/103-8989118-0440621?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance Search terms used: Lone Ranger Radio Program Theme Music William Tell Liszt Rossini preludes I hope the information provided is helpful! Best regards, Bobbie7