The Mighty Bruins, composed in 1984 by Academy Award-winning composer Bill Conti to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UCLA Alumni Association. Following all athletic contests, the band plays the UCLA Alma Mater "Hail to the Hills of Westwood". After victories, this is followed by "Rover". Away game appearances The entire UCLA Bruin Marching Band travels to the San Francisco Bay area each fall for either the Stanford or Cal game. This tradition began in 1931, when the band traveled to the Stanford game by ship from Los Angeles. Beginning in 1989, a portion of the band has taken regular season trips to football games at Arizona, Michigan, Texas, Miami, Ohio State, Colorado, Illinois, Washington, Arizona State, Oregon, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. In 2006, the entire UCLA Bruin Marching Band traveled to South Bend, Indiana, for a game at the University of Notre Dame. Bowl game appearances The UCLA Bruin Marching Band has made appearances at major post season college football bowl games throughout the country: Rose Bowl game, the "Granddaddy of them all" played in the Rose Bowl stadium, the home stadium of the Bruins in Pasadena, California. Aloha Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii Silicon Valley Bowl, San Jose, California Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada Freedom Bowl, Anaheim, California Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tennessee Fiesta Bowl, Tempe, Arizona Bluebonnet Bowl, Houston, Texas Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas Cotton Bowl Classic, Dallas Emerald Bowl, San Francisco, California Holiday Bowl, San Diego, California Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, Texas Foster Farms Bowl, San Francisco, California Cactus Bowl, Phoenix, Arizona In 1980, 144 members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band performed together with the Oregon State University Marching Band at a regular season football game for the Mirage Bowl in Tokyo, Japan. 1984 Olympics In 1984, 125 members of the Band performed in the 736-member All American Marching Band at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles under the direction of Arthur C. Bartner. UCLA Bruin Marching Band Director Gordon Henderson served as an Assistant Director and Drill Designer and was in charge of the 144-member Trumpet Section. A small group of these students performed at various sports venues during the games, including those for Cycling, Gymnastics, Archery, Modern Pentathlon and Tennis. Other events The UCLA Bruin Marching Band has entertained crowds at NFL professional football games on many occasions, for the Los Angeles Raiders, the Los Angeles Rams,