Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899 – November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor.
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Victor Young (Chicago, 1900 – Los Angeles, 1956) American musician who stood out for his work in film as a soundtrack composer. Considered one of the most influential musicians in Hollywood, Victor Young came to the world of cinema after absolutely bizarre beginnings.
As he was the son of Polish emigrants and mastered the language of his parents, they decided to send him to Europe, thinking about his early musical education. He studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and soon demonstrated great musical gifts, surprising his teachers, who witnessed a brilliant career that led him in his teens to be the first violinist of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
Until that moment, his career did not suffer any setbacks; but, in 1917, he agreed to go on a concert tour in Russia, in full revolutionary euphoria. Security guarantees were minimal and he, in fact, was arrested.
Everything raised fears for his personal integrity when a Bolshevik officer, admired by his talent, planned the escape of Young, who seemed to be touched by bad luck, because shortly after outwitting the Russian authorities, he was arrested again, this time to Germany. , a country where his presence was not appropriate either. Once again, it was his talent as a violinist that helped him leave prison and head to the United States.
After the busy European journey, Young decided to settle in Los Angeles, where he gained fame as a violinist. Attracted by the world of cinema, he tries his luck in the orchestra that Paramount has on staff to perform the soundtracks of its productions. To everyone’s surprise, Young began to compose and arrange scores, and he did it with such ease that he has gone down in film history as one of the most prolific musicians.
On radio, he was the musical director of The Old Gold Don Ameche Show and Harvest of Stars. He was a musical director for many of Bing Crosby’s recordings for the American branch of Decca Records.
For Decca, he also conducted the first album of songs from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, a sort of “pre-soundtrack” cover version rather than a true soundtrack album. The album featured Judy Garland and the Ken Darby Singers singing songs from the film in Young’s own arrangements. Young often collaborated with Ken Darby and the Singers for radio programs starring the popular Met Opera baritone John Charles Thomsen. He also composed the music for several Decca spoken word albums.
He received 22 Academy Award nominations for his work in film, twice being nominated four times in a single year, but he did not win during his lifetime.
Victor Young received his only Oscar posthumously for his score of Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). Harold Adamson wrote the lyrics to Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Todd’s blessing.
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Adamson could not be nominated, for the words were written two weeks before Oscar night and the votes were in. Yet, theaters around the country played the lyrics at intermission.
Thus, Victor Young holds the record for most Oscar nominations before winning the first award. His other nominated scores include Anything Goes (1936), The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936), Artists and Models (1937), The Gladiator (1938), Golden Boy (1939), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), The Uninvited (1944), Love Letters (1945), So Evil My Love (1948), The Emperor Waltz (1948), The Paleface (1948), Samson and Delilah (1949), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949), Our Very Own (1950), September Affair (1950), My Favorite Spy (1951), Payment on Demand (1951), The Quiet Man (1952), Scaramouche (1952), Something to Live For (1952), Shane (1953), The Country Girl (1954), A Man Alone (1955), The Conqueror (1956) and The Maverick Queen (1956).
He contributed two-tone poems, “White” and “Black”, to the 1956 album Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color.
His last scores were for the 1957 films Omar Khayyam, Run of the Arrow and China Gate, which were released after his death. The last was left unfinished at the time of his death and was finished by his long-time friend Max Steiner.
“The Call of the Faraway Hills”, which Young had composed for the film Shane, was also used as the theme for the U.S. television series Shane. Young won a Primetime Emmy Award for his scoring of the TV special Light’s Diamond Jubilee, which aired on all four American TV networks on October 24, 1954.
As an occasional bit player, Young can be glimpsed briefly in The Country Girl (1954) playing a recording studio leader conducting Bing Crosby while he tapes “The Search is Through (You’ve Got What It Takes).”
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
Year | Film | Category | Result |
1939 | Breaking the Ice | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Army Girl | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
1940 | Man of Conquest | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Gulliver’s Travels | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Golden Boy | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Way Down South | Best Music (Scoring) | Nominated | |
1941 | North West Mounted Police | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Dark Command | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Arizona | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Arise, My Love | Best Music, Score | Nominated | |
1942 | Hold Back the Dawn | Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture | Nominated |
1943 | Take a Letter, Darling | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
Silver Queen | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated | |
Flying Tigers | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated | |
1944 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
1946 | Love Letters | Best Original Song for “Love Letters” (shared with Edward Heyman) | Nominated |
Love Letters | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated | |
1949 | The Emperor Waltz | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |
1950 | My Foolish Heart | Best Original Song for “My Foolish Heart” (shared with Ned Washington) | Nominated |
1951 | Samson and Delilah | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Won |
Written on the Wind | Best Original Song for “Written on the Wind” (shared with Sammy Cahn) | Nominated Year | Film |
1939 | Breaking the Ice | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Army Girl | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
1940 | Man of Conquest | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Gulliver’s Travels | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Golden Boy | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Way Down South | Best Music (Scoring) | Nominated | |
1941 | North West Mounted Police | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Dark Command | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Arizona | Best Original Score | Nominated | |
Arise, My Love | Best Music, Score | Nominated | |
1942 | Hold Back the Dawn | Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture | Nominated |
1943 | Take a Letter, Darling | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
Silver Queen | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated | |
Flying Tigers | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated | |
1944 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
1946 | Love Letters | Best Original Song for “Love Letters” (shared with Edward Heyman) | Nominated |
Love Letters | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated | |
1949 | The Emperor Waltz | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |
1950 | My Foolish Heart | Best Original Song for “My Foolish Heart” (shared with Ned Washington) | Nominated |
1951 | Samson and Delilah | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
1957 | Around the World in 80 Days | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Won |
Written on the Wind | Best Original Song for “Written on the Wind” (shared with Sammy Cahn) | Nominated |
Golden Globes
Year | Film | Category | Result |
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1952 | September Affair | Best Original Score | Won |
1953 | The Quiet Man | Best Original Score | Nominated |
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year | Project | Category | Result |
1955 | Light’s Diamond Jubilee | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Variety Program | Won |
Medic | Best Original Music Composed for TV | Nominated | |
Light’s Diamond Jubilee | Best Original Music Composed for TV | Nominated |
Victor Young – Speak To Me Of Love
Artist or Composer / Score name | Cover | List of Contents |
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Liz on top of the world (Pride and Prejudice OST) Dario Marianelli | ||
Lluis Llach L’estaca (international song against repression and claiming for freedom) | Lluis Llach-l’estaca- | |
Lluis Llach – Que tinguem sort (SATB and piano) | Lluís Llach – Que tinguem sort | |
Lluis Llach Acords | Lluis Llach Acords | |
LLUIS LLACH LLETRES | Lluis Llach LLetres | |
Locklair, Dan – Ayre for the Dance | ||
Locus Iste (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Lolita (Ennio Morricone) | ||
Lonely Heart (Ten Sharp) | ||
Lontano – Ludovico Einaudi.mscz | ||
Look At The World – John Rutter (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – In Dreams | In dreams. | |
Lord Of The Rings – Into The West | Lord Of The Rings – Into The West | |
Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring – Concerning Hobbits – Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring – The Ring Goes South – Howard Shore | The Ring Goes South | |
Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring – The Treason Of Isengard – Howard Shore | Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring – The Treason Of Isengard – Howard Shore | |
Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King – A Far Green Country – Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – The Return of the King – The Chalice Passed – Howard Shore | Lord Of The Rings – The Return of the King – The Chalice Passed – Howard Shore | |
Lord Of The Rings – The Return of the King – The Grace of Undoiel – Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King – The Journey To The Crossroads – Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King – The Lighting Of The Beacons – Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – The Return of the King – The Roots and Beginnings – Shore Howard | Lord Of The Rings – The Return of the King – The Roots and Beginnings – Shore Howard | |
Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King – The Sacrifice Off Aramir – Howard Shore | ||
Lord Of The Rings – Very Old Friends | Lord-Of-The-Rings-Very-Old-Friends 1st page | |
Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (piano-vocal-chords) | Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (piano-vocal-chords) | |
Lord Of The RingsThe Two Towers Foundations Of Stone Howard Shore | Lord-Of-The-Rings-The-Two-Towers-Foundations-Of-Stone-Howard-Shore | |
Loreena McKennitt – Dante’s prayer | ||
Loreena Mckennitt – The Dark Night Of The Soul Piano Vocal songbook (The Mask and Mirror) | Loreena Mckennitt The Dark Night Of The Soul Piano Vocal songbook (The Mask and Mirror) | |
Loreena Mckennitt Tango To Evora | ||
Loreena McKennitt-The Lady of Shalott | ||
Loreena McKennitt-The Old Ways | ||
Los Bravos – Black Is Black | ||
Los Del Rio – Macarena | ||
Loss of love (Sunflower OST) Henry Mancini | ||
Lost in Tuscany (Only You OST) Rachel Portman | ||
Lost Stars (Begin Again OST) Keira Knightley | ||
Lothar Perl – Four American Paganini Variations | ||
Lou Reed – Perfect Day (TRAINSPOTTING OST) | Lou Reed – Perfect Day (TRAINSPOTTING OST) | |
Lou Reed Lyrics and Guitar Tabs | ||
Louis Armstrong Earl Hines Weather Bird (Full Score) | ||
Louis Armstrong Earl Hines Weather Bird (Trumpet) | ||
Louis Armstrong – An American Genius By James Lincoln Collier (1983) Book Biography | ||
Louis Armstrong – Just One of Those Things Solo Transcription Jazz Standard | ||
Louis Armstrong – Oh When The Saints Go Marching In | Louis Armstrong – Oh When The Saints Go Marching In | |
Louis Armstrong – On the Sunny Side of the Street Solo Transcription Jazz Standard | ||
Louis Armstrong – Satchmo Blows Up the World Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War (Penny M. Von Eschen)(Book) | ||
Louis Armstrong – Star Dust Solo Transcription Jazz Standard | ||
Louis Armstrong – Sweet Lorraine Jazz Standard Solo Transcription | ||
Louis Armstrong – West End Blues Solo Transcription | ||
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World | |
Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World Jazz Standard (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World Jazz Standard (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
Louis Armstrong And Paul Whiteman Two Kings Of Jaz (eBook) Biography | ||
Louis Armstrong Dixieland Style Trumpet | Louis Armstrong Dixieland Style Trumpet | |
Louis Armstrong History Maker Bios (eBook) Biography | ||
Louis Armstrong King Of Jazz | Louis Armstrong King Of Jazz | |
Louis Armstrong Solos | Louis Armstrong Solos | |
Louis Armstrong The Best Of – Book | Louis Armstrong The Best Of Book | |
Louise Attaque J’t’emmène Au Vent | ||
Love Ballade By Oscar Peterson (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Love Ballads Piano Collection For Play In First Class Restaurant | Love Ballads Piano Collection For Play In First Class Restaurant | |
Love Collection For Piano Vol. 2 | Love Collection For Piano Vol. 2 | |
Love for Lydia – Theme (Harry Rabinowitz) | ||
Love In The Morning (Lolita soundtrack) Ennio Morricone | ||
Love In Vain A Vision Of Robert Johnson (Book) | ||
Love Letters – Victor Young | ||
Love of my life (Queen) | ||
Love of my life (Queen) 3 pages | ||
Love returns (The curious case of Benjamin Button OST) Alexandre Desplat | ||
Love somebody (Robbie Williams) | ||
Love Song Collection – Songbook for Piano -Vol 1 | Love Song Collection – Songbook for Piano -Vol 1 | |
Love Song Collection – Songbook for Piano -Vol 2 | Love Song Collection – Songbook for Piano -Vol 2 | |
Love Songs from the Movies (songbook) | Love Songs from the Movies (songbook) | |
Love Songs, The Big Book of | Love Songs, The Big Book of | |
Love Theme – ABRSM 2023 – 2024 Piano Exam Grade 5 C_10.mscz | ||
Love theme – Giallo OST (Marco Werba) | ||
Love theme (Nathan Barr) True Blood soundtrack | ||
Love Waltz – The Secret of Moonacre OST (Christian Henson) | ||
Love will grow (Nobuo Uematsu) | ||
Lovers (Shigeru Umebayashi) House of Flying Daggers OST | ||
Lowell Mason Joy To The World! The Lord Is Come (with Lyrics) | ||
Lucas King – Stranger Things main theme | ||
Luciano Pavarotti Popular Italian Songs Songbook | Luciano Pavarotti Popular Italian Songs Songbook | |
Lucio Battisti spartiti sheet music collection | Lucio Battisti spartiti sheet music collection | |
Ludovico Einaudi Corale Solo Christmas Gift Version | Ludovico Einaudi Corale Solo Christmas Gift Version | |
Ludovico Einaudi Elements | Ludovico Einaudi Elements | |
Ludovico Einaudi Father Soundtrack Low Mist Var. 2 Day 1 Easy Piano Solo | Ludovico Einaudi Father Soundtrack Low Mist Var. 2 Day 1 Easy Piano Solo | |
Ludovico Einaudi Love Is A Mystery (From Dr. Zhivago) | Ludovico Einaudi Love Is A Mystery (From Dr. Zhivago) | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Bever | Ludovico Einaudi – Bever | |
Ludovico Einaudi Burning | Ludovico Einaudi Burning | |
Ludovico Einaudi Campfire Var.1 Day 5 | Ludovico Einaudi Campfire Var.1 Day 5 | |
Ludovico Einaudi I Giorni | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Divenire | Ludovico Einaudi – Divenire | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Eden Roc (Piano.Solo) | Ludovico Einaudi – Eden Roc (Piano.Solo) | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Elegy For The Arctic | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Fly (from the film Untouchable Intocable) piano solo | Ludovico Einaudi – Fly (from the film Untouchable Intocable) piano solo | |
Ludovico Einaudi – I Giorni (Piano) Full Songbook | Ludovico Einaudi – I Giorni (Piano solo) full songbook Ludovico Einaudi – I Giorni (Piano) | |
Ludovico Einaudi – In Un’altra Vita (Piano Solo sheet music) | Ludovico Einaudi – In Un’altra Vita | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Inizio (from I Giorni) | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Lady Labyrinth (Piano solo sheet music) | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Le Onde | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Le Onde (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Le Onde (sheet Music Book) | Ludovico Einaudi – Le Onde Book sheet music | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Lontano | Ludovico Einaudi – Lontano | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Monday (Piano solo sheet music) | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Nuvole Bianche | Ludovico-Einaudi-Nuvole-Bianche | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Oltremare piano Sheet Music | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Primavera | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Primavera Guitar TABs | Ludovico Einaudi – Primavera Guitar TABs | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Run | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Samba (Piano solo sheet music) | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – The Einaudi Collection | Ludovico Einaudi – The Einaudi Collection | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Time Lapse (Piano solo sheet music) | ||
Ludovico Einaudi – Una mattina (book) | Ludovico Einaudi – Una mattina | |
Ludovico Einaudi – Una mattina (from the film Untouchable Intocable) piano solo | ||
Ludovico Einaudi A Sense Of Symmetry From Seven Days Walking Day 1 Sheet Music | ||
Ludovico Einaudi Ascent From Seven Days Walking Day 1 piano solo Sheet Music | ||
Ludovico Einaudi Berlin Song | Ludovico Einaudi Berlin Song | |
Ludovico Einaudi Bye Bye Mon Amour | Ludovico Einaudi Bye Bye Mon Amour | |
Ludovico Einaudi Experience | Ludovico Einaudi Experience |