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Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899 [3] – November 10, 1956) [4] [5] was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor.
Victor Young (1899-1956) Many 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.
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.
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Nov 10, 2016 · 126K views 7 years ago. Tracklist: 1. Autumn Leaves 2:43 ...more. Sky Symphony (From “Around The World In 80 Days” Soundtrack) India Country Side (From “Around The World In 80 Days ...
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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.
By the time he suddenly passed away, in 1956, he left behind a musical legacy that would have been a credit to more than one lifetime, writing music not just for film scores, but also radio programs, live theatre, special events, and spoken word recordings.
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Composer: Around the World in 80 Days. 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.