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Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899 – November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. Biography [ edit ] Young is commonly said to have been born in Chicago on August 8, 1900, but according to Census data and his birth certificate, his birth year is 1899. [3]
Beyond Glory. Beyond the Blue Horizon (film) The Big Clock (film) Blackbeard the Pirate. The Blue Dahlia. The Brave One (1956 film) Breaking the Ice (film) Bright Leaf. Buck Benny Rides Again. Buckskin Frontier. Bullfighter and the Lady. The Buster Keaton Story. Calcutta (1947 film) California (1947 film) Caught in the Draft. Chicago Deadline.
Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Violinist and conductor Victor Young was a prolific composer and arranger, who worked on more than 300 film scores over a period of twenty years. He came from an impoverished, but musical background and was trained on the violin at the Warsaw Imperial Conservatory, later studying piano in Paris under the ...
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Victor Young (1899-1956) M any people know he was a famous composer for motion pictures and popular music but don’t realize that he also wrote ‘serious’ music and original songs for radio programs, even the Broadway stage. He was a sought-after conductor and skilled arranger; a concert violin soloist (who had toured Europe), and a musical ...
He wrote scores for more than 350 films including I Wanted Wings, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Uninvited, Samson and Delilah, The Greatest Show on Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days, for which he earned the 1956 Academy Award for Best Score in a Motion Picture.
Mini Bio. Violinist and conductor Victor Young was a prolific composer and. arranger, who worked on more than 300 film scores over a period of. twenty years. He came from an impoverished, but musical background and. was trained on the violin at the Warsaw Imperial Conservatory, later. studying piano in Paris under the French master Isidor ...
Victor Popular Young. Birth Place. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Born. August 08, 1900. Died. November 10, 1956. Cause of Death. Heart Attack. Biography. Read More. A remarkably prolific composer, Victor Young wrote songs and underscoring that appeared in hundreds of films which earned him 22 Academy Award nominations during his relatively short career.
