One of Goldsmith's Themes or the Main theme from his FLIM-FLAM MAN score serves as the Main Theme for this 70's Western, sort of a THE COWBOYS wannabe starring SUMMER OF 42'S Gary Grimes.
Did the director temp this with FLIM-FLAM and fall in love and could never part with Goldsmith's Theme?
Tom Scott gets first music credit with Goldsmith's name second in the Main Title Cards.
Anyone know the story on the score for this?
Did Scott do new arrangements with Goldsmith's Theme?
If I remember the Main Title seemed like a real slowed down version of FLIM-FLAM.
Seems a similar thing happened on the war TV-Movie called FIREBALL FORWARD where they used some of Goldsmith's PATTON music.
I seem to remember some talk of a composer strike going on at the time and they had to re-use old music in the film. Though that would not explain why Tom Scott provided original music.
The Culpepper Cattle Co. was scored with tracks from the Flim-Flam Man because of the composer strike. Goldsmith recalled this in an interview along with some other movies in his filmography which he didn't actually score.
