香港向来是传统的粤剧重镇，1949年之后，因为政治动荡，红伶戏班更多以港为基地，粤剧粤曲人材，新老结合，阵容鼎盛。很快，香港转型，粤曲粤乐跟着转型，它走的路，跟新兴的电声媒体，息息相关。

首先，部份粤剧团队艺人因为市场相对兴旺，加上拍电影容易带来收益，而表现因循，演艺停滞不前。

同样条件，却促使另一部份团队艺人，借助电台和电影的技术和平台，钻研粤剧演艺。他们刻意发掘新兴电声媒体的潜力，积极灌录唱片和制作电影，并因应这些媒体的特性，创造新的表演美艺，延续自三十年代已经开始的粤剧现代化改革。

黄湛森自幼多听粤曲、常看粤剧，在舞台、银幕和大气电波，透过红线女、马师曾、任白和唐涤生等人的倾情演出，亲身体会粤剧现代化的细艺和感动。

My Rifle, My Pony and Me (1959)

Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyricist: Paul Francis Webster
Vocalists: Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

The sun is sinking in the west
The cattle go down to the stream
The redwing settles in the nest
It's time for a cowboy to dream

Purple light in the canyons
That's where I long to be
With my three good companions
Just my rifle, pony and me

Gonna hang (gonna hang)
My sombrero (my sombrero)
On the limb (on the limb)
Of a tree (of a tree)
Coming home (coming home)
Sweetheart darling
(sweetheart darling)
Just my rifle, pony and me
Just my rifle, my pony and me

(Whippoorwill in the willow
Sings a sweet melody
Riding to Amarillo)
Just my rifle, pony and me
No more cows (no more cows)
To be roping (to be roping)
No more strays will I see
Round the bend (round the bend)
She'll be waiting (she'll be waiting)
For my rifle, pony and me
For my rifle, my pony and me