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The William Tell Overture

THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE
 
 
The William Tell Overture  is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini.  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.   (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
Over half of the songs by the Piltdown Men are original compositions, but they also innovatively reworked old standards:  "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" became "Mac Donald's Cave", and the William Tell Overture – universally associated with the Lone Ranger in that time period – was released as "Piltdown Rides Again". 
 
(October 2010)
 
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And then there is "Piltdown Rides Again" by the Piltdown Men, riffing on the Lone Ranger theme (also known as the William Tell Overture):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LixLufee14c&feature=fvwrel .

(October 2012)

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This is "Piltdown Rides Again", their take on the William Tell Overture:

This item includes the biggest hit by the Piltdown Men, "Mac Donald's Cave"; this is actually a mini-EP with four songs on one 45 single, including "Piltdown Rides Again":

(November 2013)