<P> The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini . William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music). The overture is in four parts, each following without pause . </P> <P> There has been repeated use (and sometimes parody) of parts of this overture in both classical music and popular media, most famously as the theme music for The Lone Ranger in radio, television and film . Two different parts were also used, as theme music for the British television series The Adventures of William Tell, the fourth part (popularly identified in the USA with The Lone Ranger) in the UK, and the third part, rearranged as a stirring march, in the US . </P>

Who wrote the theme music for the lone ranger