Victor Young

Biography

Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor.

Career Overview

Victor Young has 181 screen credits in a career dating back to 1928. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Road to... with 3 titles. Signature works include Unconquered, Shane, Samson and Delilah. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Sound

Gender

male

Known Credits

181

Birth Date

1900-08-08 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

• 

  Unconquered
• 

  Shane
• 

  Samson and Delilah
• 

  Around the World in 80 Days
• 

  Johnny Guitar
• 

  The Quiet Man

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

• Road to... (3 titles)
• March Forward Film Series (3 titles)
• Road to... Collection (3 titles)
• Hopalong Cassidy Collection (2 titles)
• The Paleface Collection (1 titles)
• Big Broadcast Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Cecil B. DeMille (6 collaborations)
• Ray Spiker (4 collaborations)
• Walter H. Tyler (3 collaborations)
• Ward Bond (3 collaborations)
• Mike Mazurki (3 collaborations)
• George Stevens (3 collaborations)
• Sidney Cutner (3 collaborations)
• Leo Shuken (3 collaborations)
• Chick Hannan (3 collaborations)
• Nicholas Ray (3 collaborations)

Credits

• sound (170 credits)

  • Chita: A Legendary Celebration

    songs

    sound
    2020
  • I Married a Monster from Outer Space

    original music composer

    sound
    1958
  • Run of the Arrow

    original music composer

    sound
    1957
  • Omar Khayyam

    original music composer

    sound
    1957
  • China Gate

    original music composer

    sound
    1957
  • The Buster Keaton Story

    original music composer

    sound
    1957
  • The Brave One

    conductor

    sound
    1956
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    original music composer

    sound
    1956
  • The Vagabond King

    original music composer

    sound
    1956
  • The Proud and Profane

    original music composer

    sound
    1956
  • The Maverick Queen

    music

    sound
    1956
  • The Conqueror

    original music composer

    sound
    1956
  • A Man Alone

    original music composer

    sound
    1955
  • The Tall Men

    original music composer

    sound
    1955
  • The Left Hand of God

    original music composer

    sound
    1955
  • Son of Sinbad

    original music composer

    sound
    1955
  • Strategic Air Command

    original music composer

    sound
    1955
  • The Country Girl

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Drum Beat

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • About Mrs. Leslie

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Trouble in the Glen

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Johnny Guitar

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Jubilee Trail

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Three Coins in the Fountain

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Knock on Wood

    original music composer

    sound
    1954
  • Forever Female

    original music composer

    sound
    1953
  • Flight Nurse

    original music composer

    sound
    1953
  • Little Boy Lost

    music

    sound
    1953
  • The Sun Shines Bright

    music

    sound
    1953
  • Shane

    original music composer

    sound
    1953
  • Fair Wind to Java

    original music composer

    sound
    1953
  • Blackbeard, the Pirate

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • The Star

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • One Minute to Zero

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • The Quiet Man

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • The Story of Will Rogers

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • Scaramouche

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • Something to Live For

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    original music composer

    sound
    1952
  • My Favorite Spy

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • Honeychile

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • Detective Story

    music

    sound
    1951
  • This Is Korea!

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • Bullfighter and the Lady

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • The Lemon Drop Kid

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • Insurance Investigator

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • Payment on Demand

    original music composer

    sound
    1951
  • Belle Le Grand

    music

    sound
    1951
  • Rio Grande

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • The Fireball

    music director

    sound
    1950
  • September Affair

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Our Very Own

    conductor

    sound
    1950
  • Bright Leaf

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Riding High

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Appointment with Danger

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Paid in Full

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Gun Crazy

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • My Foolish Heart

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Sands of Iwo Jima

    original music composer

    sound
    1950
  • Samson and Delilah

    original music composer

    sound
    1949
  • The File on Thelma Jordon

    original music composer

    sound
    1949
  • Chicago Deadline

    music

    sound
    1949
  • Streets of Laredo

    original music composer

    sound
    1949
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    music

    sound
    1949
  • The Accused

    music

    sound
    1949
  • The Paleface

    original music composer

    sound
    1948
  • Miss Tatlock's Millions

    original music composer

    sound
    1948
  • Night Has a Thousand Eyes

    original music composer

    sound
    1948
  • Dream Girl

    music

    sound
    1948
  • The Emperor Waltz

    original music composer

    sound
    1948
  • State of the Union

    original music composer

    sound
    1948
  • The Big Clock

    original music composer

    sound
    1948
  • I Walk Alone

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • Where There's Life

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • Unconquered

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • Golden Earrings

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • The Trouble with Women

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • California

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • Suddenly It's Spring

    original music composer

    sound
    1947
  • Calcutta

    original music composer

    sound
    1946
  • Two Years Before the Mast

    original music composer

    sound
    1946
  • Our Hearts Were Growing Up

    original music composer

    sound
    1946
  • The Blue Dahlia

    music director

    sound
    1946
  • To Each His Own

    original music composer

    sound
    1946
  • Masquerade in Mexico

    original music composer

    sound
    1945
  • Love Letters

    original music composer

    sound
    1945
  • Kitty

    original music composer

    sound
    1945
  • You Came Along

    original music composer

    sound
    1945
  • The Great John L.

    original music composer

    sound
    1945
  • A Medal for Benny

    original music composer

    sound
    1945
  • And Now Tomorrow

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • Frenchman's Creek

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • The Great Moment

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • Ministry of Fear

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • And the Angels Sing

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • The Uninvited

    original music composer

    sound
    1944
  • True to Life

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • Riding High

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • Hostages

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • Buckskin Frontier

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • China

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • No Time for Love

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • The Outlaw

    music director

    sound
    1943
  • Young and Willing

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • The Crystal Ball

    original music composer

    sound
    1943
  • Silver Queen

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Road to Morocco

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Flying Tigers

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • The Glass Key

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • The Palm Beach Story

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Night in New Orleans

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Beyond the Blue Horizon

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Take a Letter, Darling

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Reap the Wild Wind

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • The Remarkable Andrew

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • The Fleet's In

    original music composer

    sound
    1942
  • Skylark

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • The Great Man's Lady

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • Nothing but the Truth

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • Hold Back the Dawn

    music

    sound
    1941
  • Aloma of the South Seas

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • Kiss the Boys Goodbye

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • Caught in the Draft

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • Road to Zanzibar

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • I Wanted Wings

    original music composer

    sound
    1941
  • Love Thy Neighbor

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Arizona

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • The Mad Doctor

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Arise, My Love

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Dancing on a Dime

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • North West Mounted Police

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Rhythm on the River

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Moon Over Burma

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Those Were the Days!

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • The Way of All Flesh

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Three Faces West

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Buck Benny Rides Again

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • The Light of Western Stars

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Dark Command

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • Road to Singapore

    original music composer

    sound
    1940
  • The Light That Failed

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • All Women Have Secrets

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Raffles

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Gulliver's Travels

    conductor

    sound
    1939
  • Law of the Pampas

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Range War

    music

    sound
    1939
  • Golden Boy

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Way Down South

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Man About Town

    music director

    sound
    1939
  • Heritage of the Desert

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Grand Jury Secrets

    music

    sound
    1939
  • Man of Conquest

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Union Pacific

    original music composer

    sound
    1939
  • Breaking the Ice

    original music composer

    sound
    1938
  • Army Girl

    original music composer

    sound
    1938
  • Romance in the Dark

    music

    sound
    1938
  • Wells Fargo

    original music composer

    sound
    1937
  • Ebb Tide

    original music composer

    sound
    1937
  • Artists & Models

    music arranger

    sound
    1937
  • Easy Living

    original music composer

    sound
    1937
  • Turn Off the Moon

    music arranger

    sound
    1937
  • Make Way for Tomorrow

    original music composer

    sound
    1937
  • Maid of Salem

    original music composer

    sound
    1937
  • The Big Broadcast of 1937

    original music composer

    sound
    1936
  • Murder with Pictures

    original music composer

    sound
    1936
  • Klondike Annie

    music

    sound
    1936
  • Melody Magic

    original music composer

    sound
    1935
  • In Old California

    original music composer

    sound
    1929

• crew (5 credits)

  • The Search for Bridey Murphy

    additional music

    crew
    1956
  • Roman Holiday

    additional music

    crew
    1953
  • So Evil My Love

    additional music

    crew
    1948
  • Hail the Conquering Hero

    additional music

    crew
    1944
  • The Princess Comes Across

    additional music

    crew
    1936

• actors (6 credits)

  • The Country Girl

    Conductor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Of Men and Music

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Music in the Sky

    Orchestra Conductor

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Hold That Tiger

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Vogues of 1938

    Victor Young - Orchestra Leader

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Mysterious Lady

    Scarpia in 'Tosca' (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1928