"Tribute to Troy" is an epic fanfare most frequently associated with the University of Southern California (USC), whose fans use it as a fight song. "Tribute to Troy" was composed in 1965 by Ronald Broadwell, the director of USC's Spirit of Troy marching band. Variously described as "an incessant stanza of pounding drums and blaring horns," and "reminiscent of rallying the citizenry to guard the perimeter of the ancient Troy city-state," it is traditionally performed at USC Trojan football games following each USC defensive stop. A count in 2011 found that the song was played nearly 600 times over the course of that year's football season.