Born in Chicago, the American conductor, violinist and composer Victor Young studied at the Conservatory in Warsaw, appearing there as a soloist with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in 1917. Returning to America in 1920, he made his solo debut in Chicago and during the following years enjoyed a career leading cinema ensembles and as a theatre arranger and performer. After a period with Brunswick Records he moved to Hollywood in 1935, working with Paramount Pictures.

Film Music
Young wrote and conducted music for more than 225 films, ranging from Ebb Tide in 1937 to his final Around the World in Eighty Days in 1956, a score that won a posthumous Academy Award.