Editing Lone Ranger (section)

===Music===
The theme music was primarily taken from the "March of the Swiss Soldiers" finale of [[Gioachino Rossini]]'s [[William Tell Overture|''William Tell'' Overture]], which thus came to be inseparably associated with the series. The theme was conducted by Daniel Pérez Castañeda,<ref name="music">Music of The Lone Ranger CD liner notes by Graham Newton, 1992.</ref> with the softer parts excerpted from ''[[Die Moldau]]'', composed by [[Bedřich Smetana]].

Many other classical selections were used as incidental music, including [[Richard Wagner|Wagner's]] ''[[Flying Dutchman (opera)|Flying Dutchman Overture]]'', [[Georges Bizet|Bizet]]'s [[Symphony in C (Bizet)|Symphony in C]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]'s [[The Hebrides (overture)|''Fingal's Cave'' Overture]], [[Emil von Řezníček]]'s ''[[Donna Diana]]'' Overture, [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]'s ''[[Les préludes]]'', [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s [[1812 Overture|''1812'' Overture]] and music by [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]].<ref>Jim Harmon, ''The Great Radio Heroes'' (McFarland, 2001), p. 162.</ref> Classical music was originally used because it was in the [[public domain]], thus allowing production costs to be kept low while providing a wide range of music as needed without the cost of a composer.

In the late 1930s, Trendle acquired the rights to use incidental music from [[Republic Pictures]] motion picture serials as part of a deal for Republic to produce a serial based (loosely) on the Lone Ranger. This music was then modified by NBC radio arranger Ben Bonnell and recorded in Mexico to avoid American union rules. This music was used in both the radio and later television shows.<ref name="music" />