IT was a musical nod to a hero of the past, but how fitting it was that the latest idol carrying the goalscoring torch at Celtic was the man who struck the right tone to trigger it.

At Parkhead on Tuesday night, the home side were in full flow. Already 6-0 up and cruising against a woeful Hamilton Accies, the defining moment of the night eventually arrived on 54 minutes.

As Michael Devlin’s attempted clearance was charged down, allowing Leigh Griffiths yet another sight at goal.

With all the confidence and conviction that goes with being the Ladbrokes Premiership’s top goalscorer, the Scotland internationalist bounded forward into the Hamilton penalty box, latched on to the ball, and delicately dinked it over the top of Michael McGovern and into the keeper’s gaping net.

Griffiths wheeled away in celebration on the completion of yet another hat-trick. His arms outspread, gliding across the park in front of a jubilant Jock Stein Stand.

In the background, the unmistakable sound of the Magnificent Seven theme tune blared out over Parkhead’s tannoy system, an iconic piece of music that would regularly ring out in the days of Henrik Larsson, arguably Celtic’s finest ever player.

While Griffiths is some way off the Swede’s achievements in a green and white shirt, it was a poignant moment as the 25-year-old’s Hoops career continues to soar higher and higher with each passing week as he takes on the scoring mantle in the present day around the east end of Glasgow.

On Friday he became the quickest player of the modern era ever to break through the 50-goal barrier for Celtic. Four days on and it was business as usual as he added another three to his ever-growing tally.

This season it stands at 27 and already his career in green and white has offered up 54 strikes in just two years.

A month on from signing a contract extension that keeps him a Celtic player until 2021, it begs the question: Can Griffiths go on to make a lasting impression at the home of the champions?

For his manager Ronny Deila, the answer is yes.

“He can. He’s started to do that and it’s so nice to see,” the Norwegian told SportTimes.

“Leigh has matured as a person as well and I think he now has an unbelievable appetite. He is also training very well.”

Deila added: “I’m not very focused in results [setting goal-scoring targets], I’m focused on making sure he does the right preparations every day and see what improvements we can do. Then the result will come.”

To fully appreciate Griffiths’ achievements in the present and appreciate the gravity of what he may become in the future, you must recall how far he has come already since joining Celtic.

This was a player who was struggling to get into Deila’s squad at the start of last season, a player who was told to change his attitude, a player who was almost poised to go out on loan to get game time.

The Easter Road club were keen to take their former player, and it was a short-term move that very near came true.

Fast forward 16 months and Griffiths has become Mr Indispensable.

“I’ve seen others that have had a bigger transformation, but of course a lot has happened with him,” acknowledged Deila.

“I’m very, very pleased and I’m looking forward to the future.

“Against Hamilton he was good, but there were a lot of good performances today. I’m very pleased for the team.

“Leigh doesn’t surprise me. I watch him every day in training. I see and know what he is capable of doing.”

Breaching 50 clubs goals and grabbing his first hat-trick of the season within the space of a week, there seems no stopping Griffiths.

Given how much he has improved over the last year to come in out of the cold and become Celtic’s first-choice striker domestically and in Europe, it is understandable that Hoops fans will wonder how much more their star man can give.

At the age of 25, the former Wolves hitman still has time to get even better, and it’s a prospect that is already exciting his delighted manager.

“It’s hard to say. Hopefully he will develop more,” said Deila, who has watched Griffiths find the back of the net in his last five outings for him.

“Right now I want him to keep up this standard which is very, very good. But everybody can always be better.

“His appetite for football is great as is his love for playing for Celtic and scoring goals for the club. You can see that in his play and he is getting better and better.”

There will only ever be one Magnificent Seven as far as Celtic’s supporters are concerned.

But they should naturally be excited about the man who is currently putting them on Cloud Nine, and just how much higher he could take them.