Composed by Gioachino Rossini for his 1829 opera William Tell, the overture's final section, often called the March of the Swiss Soldiers, became far more famous than the opera itself. In the United States it was adopted as the theme for The Lone Ranger on radio in 1933 and later on television, cementing its link to galloping heroes. Animators later reused it endlessly for chases in classic cartoons, and that repeated exposure turned a piece of classical music into a universal shorthand for speed and adventure.