---
name: "Victor Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-young"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 August 1900"
died: "11 November 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-20T02:56:02.162330+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Victor Young

Composer. Born 8 August 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 11 November 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 August 1900, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 11 November 1956
- **Active:** 1941–1956
- **Also known as:** Victor A. Young
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 13 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 68 (2), 1950s 72 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 71 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 7, Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $132m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000082/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26026

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shane*](https://film.one/film/shane.md) (83), [*The Quiet Man*](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md) (78)
- **Tubi:** [*Around the World in 80 Days*](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He studied violin at the Warsaw Conservatory and later in Paris, and began his career as a concert violinist before moving into popular music, radio and film scoring.

Young scored more than 300 films, many for Paramount Pictures. Among his best-known scores are those for *Shane* (1953), *The Quiet Man* (1952), *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), *Johnny Guitar* (1954), *Rio Grande* (1950), *Gun Crazy* (1950), *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), *Samson and Delilah* (1949) and *The Uninvited* (1944). He also wrote numerous songs, including 'Stella by Starlight'.

He received 22 Academy Award nominations and won the award for Best Original Score posthumously for *Around the World in 80 Days*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *The Country Girl* (1954), Fi1m 74, as Conductor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-country-girl.md)
- *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Fi1m 60, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md)
- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 88, Additional Music — [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *Shane* (1953), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Fi1m 56, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)

## Complete filmography (184)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chita: A Legendary Celebration* (2020), as Songs
- *I Married a Monster from Outer Space* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Run of the Arrow* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Omar Khayyam* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *China Gate* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Buster Keaton Story* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Brave One* (1956), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *Written on the Wind* (1956), as Songs
- *The Search for Bridey Murphy* (1956), Additional Music
- *The Vagabond King* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Proud and Profane* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Maverick Queen* (1956), Music
- *The Conqueror* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *A Man Alone* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Tall Men* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Left Hand of God* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Son of Sinbad* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Strategic Air Command* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Country Girl* (1954), as Conductor (uncredited) · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-country-girl.md)
- *Drum Beat* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Medic* (1954), series, Music
- *About Mrs. Leslie* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Trouble in the Glen* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Johnny Guitar* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Jubilee Trail* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md)
- *Knock on Wood* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Forever Female* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Flight Nurse* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Little Boy Lost* (1953), Music
- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Additional Music — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Shane* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *Fair Wind to Java* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Blackbeard, the Pirate* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Star* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *One Minute to Zero* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *The Story of Will Rogers* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Turning Point* (1952), Additional Music
- *Scaramouche* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Something to Live For* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *My Favorite Spy* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Wild Blue Yonder* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Honeychile* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Detective Story* (1951), Music
- *This Is Korea!* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Bullfighter and the Lady* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Lemon Drop Kid* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Insurance Investigator* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Payment on Demand* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Belle Le Grand* (1951), Music
- *Rio Grande* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Fireball* (1950), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *September Affair* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Our Very Own* (1950), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Bright Leaf* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Riding High* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Appointment with Danger* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Paid in Full* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Gun Crazy* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *My Foolish Heart* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Sands of Iwo Jima* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Samson and Delilah* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Chicago Deadline* (1949), Music
- *Streets of Laredo* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* (1949), Music
- *The Accused* (1949), Music
- *The Paleface* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Miss Tatlock's Millions* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Night Has a Thousand Eyes* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *So Evil My Love* (1948), Additional Music
- *Dream Girl* (1948), Music
- *The Emperor Waltz* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *State of the Union* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Clock* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *I Walk Alone* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Where There's Life* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Unconquered* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Golden Earrings* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Trouble with Women* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *California* (1947), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Suddenly It's Spring* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Calcutta* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Two Years Before the Mast* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Searching Wind* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Our Hearts Were Growing Up* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *To Each His Own* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Music in the Sky* (1945), as Orchestra Conductor
- *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Love Letters* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Kitty* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *You Came Along* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Great John L.* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *A Medal for Benny* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *And Now Tomorrow* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Frenchman's Creek* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), Additional Music
- *The Great Moment* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Story of Dr. Wassell* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Ministry of Fear* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *And the Angels Sing* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Uninvited* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *True to Life* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Riding High* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Hostages* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Buckskin Frontier* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *China* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *No Time for Love* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *The Outlaw* (1943), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Young and Willing* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *The Crystal Ball* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Silver Queen* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Road to Morocco* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Flying Tigers* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Glass Key* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Night in New Orleans* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Blue Horizon* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Take a Letter, Darling* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Remarkable Andrew* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Fleet's In* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Skylark* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Man's Lady* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Nothing but the Truth* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Music — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Aloma of the South Seas* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Kiss the Boys Goodbye* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Caught in the Draft* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Road to Zanzibar* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *I Wanted Wings* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Love Thy Neighbor* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Arizona* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Mad Doctor* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Arise, My Love* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Dancing on a Dime* (1940), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *North West Mounted Police* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Rhythm on the River* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Hold That Tiger* (1940), Actor
- *Moon Over Burma* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Those Were the Days!* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Way of All Flesh* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Three Faces West* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Buck Benny Rides Again* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Light of Western Stars* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Command* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Light That Failed* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *All Women Have Secrets* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Raffles* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Gulliver's Travels* (1939), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Law of the Pampas* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Range War* (1939), Music
- *Golden Boy* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Way Down South* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Man About Town* (1939), Music Director
- *Heritage of the Desert* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Grand Jury Secrets* (1939), Music
- *Man of Conquest* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Union Pacific* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Breaking the Ice* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Army Girl* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Romance in the Dark* (1938), Music
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Ebb Tide* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938* (1937), as Victor Young - Orchestra Leader
- *Artists & Models* (1937), Music Arranger, Songs
- *Easy Living* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Turn Off the Moon* (1937), Music Arranger
- *Make Way for Tomorrow* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Maid of Salem* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Broadcast of 1937* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Murder with Pictures* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *The Princess Comes Across* (1936), Additional Music
- *Klondike Annie* (1936), Music
- *Melody Magic* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *In Old California* (1929), Original Music Composer
- *The Mysterious Lady* (1928), as Scarpia in 'Tosca' (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Thomas Edison listening to Helen Davis singing, Victor Young at the piano, in the Music Room of Building 5 at Edison's West Orange Laboratory. Keywords: thomas  (1912)](https://film.one/media/person/370522/gallery-79cfb8af2366.jpg) Thomas Edison listening to Helen Davis singing, Victor Young at the piano, in the Music Room of Building 5 at Edison's West Orange Laboratory. Keywords: thomas  (1912) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Thomas_Edison_listening_to_Helen_Davis_singing%2C_Victor_Young_at_the_piano%2C_in_the_Music_Room_of_Building_5_at_Edison%27s_West_%2816e16315b6324a7cb27d406cca62f118%29.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thomas Edison listening to Helen Davis singing, Victor Young at the piano, in the Music Room of Building 5 at Edison's West Orange Laboratory. Keywords: thomas  (1912)](https://film.one/media/person/370522/gallery-cc01808d2f27.jpg) Thomas Edison listening to Helen Davis singing, Victor Young at the piano, in the Music Room of Building 5 at Edison's West Orange Laboratory. Keywords: thomas  (1912) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Thomas_Edison_listening_to_Helen_Davis_singing%2C_Victor_Young_at_the_piano%2C_in_the_Music_Room_of_Building_5_at_Edison%27s_West_%28629a70e4d2d1413ab6a3606aedc1e0b5%29.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 13 nominated

- 1957: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (won), for *Around the World in 80 Days*
- 1957: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Written on the Wind*
- 1951: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Samson and Delilah*
- 1949: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *The Emperor Waltz*
- 1946: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Love Letters*
- 1946: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Love Letters*
- 1944: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *For Whom the Bell Tolls*
- 1943: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Flying Tigers*
- 1942: Best Original Dramatic Score (nominated), for *Hold Back the Dawn*
- 1941: Best Original Score (nominated), for *North West Mounted Police*
- 1941: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *Arise, My Love*
- 1940: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Man of Conquest*
- 1940: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *Way Down South*
- 1939: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Breaking the Ice*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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