Take a break- Trojan Traditions!

cc411
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:43:22 +0000

I know it’s been a stressful couple of weeks. Here’s a fun (?!) post on Trojan Traditions. Feel free to add more! (Blue text=links)

USC SONGS
[FIGHT ON!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnXoFCcBOOg)
This song is usually played after first downs and touchdowns. The music for USC’s fight song, “Fight On,” was composed in 1922 by USC dental student Milo Sweet (with lyrics by Sweet and Glen Grant) as an entry in a Trojan spirit contest. In addition to inspiring generations of Trojan fans and players, the song has been used in numerous recordings and movies. Legend has it that during World War II in the Pacific, an American task force attacked an island held by the Japanese. As the Americans stormed the beach, “Fight On” blared from the deck of one of the transports. The U.S. men let out a tremendous roar and eventually won the island.

[ALL HAIL](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgrxrD-a2V4)
The words and music to USC’s alma mater, “All Hail,” were composed in the early 1920s by Al Wesson, Troy’s longtime sports information director. He wrote the song as a student member of the Trojan Marching Band for the finale of a 1923 campus show.

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Another famous USC song is the regal processional march, “Conquest,” by Alfred Newman. It is usually played after every USC score and victory. This stirring battle cry, from Newman’s score to the 1947 motion picture classic “Captain from Castile,” has become synonymous with the championship tradition of USC since the Trojans adopted it in 1954 during a basketball game against Oregon State. Newman, a legendary composer of film music, was the musical director of Twentieth Century-Fox Studios.

Other Songs
-Tribute To Troy the incessant stanza of pounding drums and blaring horns, is played after every defensive stop.
-Fanfare is the introduction to “Tribute To Troy” and is played when the band takes the field.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ7oArZrQ1s]FANFARE, TRIBUTE TO TROY, FIGHT ON!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UABj3jZSs)
-All Right Now is played after USC gets a turnover.
-Another One Bites the Dust is played after USC gets a sack.
-The William Tell Overture is played at the start of the fourth quarter.
-The Emperor’s Theme from Star Wars is played when USC is flagged for a major penalty.
-[TUSK](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTPlyKGel_g)- Written and recorded as the title song for the Fleetwood Mac album of the same name in 1989, The Trojan Marching Band is featured prominently on the song Tusk. The album earned Fleetwood Mac and USC a platinum album for the effort. The song was reprised in the live album, The Dance in 1997. That album earned the Trojans a second platinum album (certified 5x), a first for any university.