Victor Young

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Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific film scores and popular songs during Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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Victor Young canonical 39

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arranger
composer
conductor
film composer
human
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1956
activeYearsStart 1920s
associatedAct Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Hoagy Carmichael
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Academy Award for Best Original Score
awardReceivedFor Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film score)
awardReceivedNote Academy Award for Around the World in 80 Days was awarded posthumously
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1900-08-08
dateOfDeath 1956-11-10
employer Paramount Pictures
familyName Young
fullName Victor Young self-link
genre film score
jazz
popular music
givenName Victor
instrument violin
languageOfWork English
notableEra Hollywood Golden Age
notableWork Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film score)
Delilah
Golden Earrings
Love Letters
Moonlight Serenade (arrangements and conducting)
My Foolish Heart
Stella by Starlight
Sweet Sue, Just You
When I Fall in Love
occupation arranger
composer
conductor
violinist
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Palm Springs, California, United States
recordLabel Decca Records
workedOn For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943 film score)
Samson and Delilah (1949 film score)
Shane (1953 film score)
Strategic Air Command (1955 film score)
The Country Girl
surface form: The Country Girl (1954 film score)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film score)
The Paleface (1948 film score)
The Quiet Man (1952 film score)
The Uninvited (1944 film score)

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Let's Dance musicBy Victor Young
Forever Female musicBy Victor Young
Our Very Own musicBy Victor Young
The Quiet Man musicBy Victor Young
State of the Union musicBy Victor Young
Road to Morocco musicBy Victor Young
Hold Back the Dawn musicBy Victor Young
Johnny Guitar musicBy Victor Young
Johnny Guitar titleSongComposedBy Victor Young
Victor Young fullName Victor Young self-link
film "Sands of Iwo Jima" musicBy Victor Young
subject surface form: Sands of Iwo Jima
The Great McGinty musicBy Victor Young
The Blue Dahlia musicBy Victor Young
Three Coins in the Fountain musicBy Victor Young
The Country Girl musicBy Victor Young
The Glass Key (1942 film) musicBy Victor Young
Sands of Iwo Jima musicBy Victor Young
Reap the Wild Wind musicBy Victor Young
Kitty musicBy Victor Young
subject surface form: Kitty (1945 film)
Rio Grande musicBy Victor Young
subject surface form: Rio Grande (1950 film)
To Each His Own musicBy Victor Young
No Time for Love musicBy Victor Young
The Outlaw (1943 film) musicBy Victor Young
subject surface form: The Outlaw
The Lemon Drop Kid musicBy Victor Young
Love Letters musicBy Victor Young
Ned Washington collaboratedWith Victor Young
Sam M. Lewis collaboratedWith Victor Young
The Outlaw musicBy Victor Young
Animal Crackers musicBy Victor Young
The Uninvited musicBy Victor Young
The Uninvited songComposer Victor Young
The Paleface musicBy Victor Young
The Big Clock musicBy Victor Young
The Left Hand of God musicBy Victor Young