Early 50's jazzman Jerry Fielding composed for "The Outlaw Josey Wales" big time dramatic action score for the civil war era Eastwood directed minor epic.
A man of vast musical contrasts with the ability to create effective sounds for any genre of film Fielding reins high on the list of truly talented composers from the past who surpasses most that is being done now or in the future.
Here in America those prone to back in the day roaming of back alleys and seedier sides of town in search of the elusive box of junkstore vinyl may have very well come across any number of 50's era treasures containing music of the man who would eventually prove to become one of the finest in the field of American film music!
Hollywoodwind Jazztet (Decca) remains to this day one of my favorite non-film music recordings of this cat or any other.
I found a copy back in the days while roaming the back alleys and seedier side of town in search of the elusive box of junkstore vinyl.
Back in the days before the advent of internet technology allowed a barrage of information to travel around the globe in a matter of seconds.
Back in the days when unearthing obsure vinyl meant bringing back to life by way of turntable that which lay dormant for many a year. Magic set free like a genie from a bottle in order to float freely in the air and enter the mind like some gift giving crazy guy offering you much out of gratitude for life anew.
The film music of Jerry Fielding... sure to set a few seeds of positive growth into action within the brain of the listener! *****