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Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, and conductor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 8, 1900. He studied at the Chicago Conservatory of Music and the University of Chicago. He began his career as a violinist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and later became a conductor and arranger for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
Young composed over 300 film scores, including the Academy Award-winning score for Around the World in 80 Days (1956). He also composed the music for the popular television series The Lone Ranger (1949-1957). He was nominated for 22 Academy Awards and won three.
Young died in Los Angeles, California, on November 10, 1956, at the age of 56. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
At the time of his death, Young had an estimated net worth of $2 million.
| Popular As |
Albert Victor Young |
| Occupation |
music_department,soundtrack,composer |
| Age |
56 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
8 August 1900 |
| Birthday |
8 August |
| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of death |
November 10, 1956 |
| Died Place |
Palm Springs, California |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Victor Young Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Victor Young's Wife?
His wife is Rita Kinel (m. 1922–1956)
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| Wife |
Rita Kinel (m. 1922–1956) |
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Victor Young Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Victor Young worth at the age of 56 years old? Victor Young’s income source is mostly from being a successful Music Department. He is from United States. We have estimated
Victor Young's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
Music Department |
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Timeline
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Holds the record for most Oscar nominations received before winning an Academy Award. He received his 21st and 22nd nominations for the 29th Awards (calendar year 1956), for the music of the title song for Written on the Wind (1956) and the score for the Best Picture winner, Around the World in 80 Days (1956). He won for his score. Unfortunately, he died in November 1956, so his final triumph was posthumous.
For Broadway, Young wrote both music and lyrics for "Seventh Heaven", in 1955.
His first big hit was "Sweet Sue" (popularly recorded by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra), followed by the melodic jazz standard "Stella by Starlight" (which served as the theme for The Uninvited (1944)) and the ballad "When I Fall in Love" (a huge hit for Nat 'King' Cole, who featured the song in the movie Istanbul (1957)).
His music subtly and seamlessly integrated into dramas like Reap the Wild Wind (1942), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), So Evil My Love (1948), John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952) and the western classic Shane (1953). Young also wrote countless evergreen songs, many for top-flight singers, like Bing Crosby.
He worked for the studio again between 1940 and 1949, but, by that time, his reputation had become so formidable that he came to be regarded as the pre-eminent film composer, and assigned the lion's share of A-grade features.
Between 1939 and 1940, he recorded the first album of songs from The Wizard of Oz (1939) for Decca Records, a 20-minute 78-RPM set of eight of the songs. It eventually appeared on LP. The album featured Judy Garland with the Ken Darby Singers, but none of the film's other actors. It included "The Jitterbug", which had been cut from the film, but omitted "If I Were King of the Forest". It continued to sell into the late 1950s, but was eventually supplanted in the 1960s by MGM's 1956 45-minute LP taken directly from the soundtrack of the movie, which had been released to coincide with the film's first telecast.
His high profile brought him to the attention of Paramount, where he was signed to a one-year contract in 1936.
He briefly arranged for bandleader Ted Fio Rito before fronting his own orchestra in 1935, backed by a recording deal with Decca. He worked with many of the great vocalists of the period, including Judy Garland, Lee Wiley and The Boswell Sisters.
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 Philipp. A prodigious talent, Young made his professional debut as a teenager with the Warsaw Philharmonic. However, World War I intervened, and he spent several months interned in a prison facility in Russia. Somehow, he was able to escape. By 1920, he had found his way to the United States and resumed work as a violinist with the Central Park Casino Orchestra in Chicago. He also diversified as an arranger and conductor for radio and the theatre. His first connection with the film industry came about, when he secured a position as assistant director with the Balaban and Katz cinema chain, writing and arranging as many as five (silent) film scores a week.
During the late 1920's, Young was back as musical director for 'Harvest of Stars' on radio, and as a talent scout for Edison Records.
