Spouse
'Rita Kinel' (20 April 1922 - 10 November 1956) (his death)
Trivia
Between 1939 and 1940, he recorded the first album of songs fromThe Wizard of Oz (1939) for Decca Records, a 20-minute 78-RPMset of eight of the songs. It eventually appeared on LP. The albumfeatured ...
Holds the record for most Oscar nominations received before winning anAcademy Award. He received his 21st and 22nd nominations for the 29thAwards (calendar year 1956), for the music of the title song ...
He is one of two film composers to have received four Oscar nominationsin the same year, the other being Alfred Newman. Young achievedit twice, once in 1940 (the same year as Newman) and second time t...
He composed the music for many of Cecil B. DeMille's sound films.
He worked frequently on films starring John Wayne (I), includingtwo of his biggest hits, Reap the Wild Wind (1942) andThe Quiet Man (1952).
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Other Work
His 1932 Brunswick Records 78-RPM album of six selections from Kern andHammerstein's "Show Boat" was the first American album of songs from aBroadway musical. (The album also featured an overture and ...
Composed, arranged and conducted the incidental music for RonaldColman's famous 1941 recording of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
Composed and conducted the incidental music for the Decca 78-RPM recordalbum adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado",starring Sydney Greenstreet.
Blackbirds of 1933 (1933). Musical revue. Music by Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Joseph Young, Ned Washington and Victor Young. Book by Nat N. Dorfman, Mann Holiner and Lew Leslie. Lyrics by Mann Hol...
Filmography
Bing Presents Oreste (1956) Musical
The Country Girl (1954) Drama
Of Men and Music (1951) Music
Hold That Tiger (1940) Music
Vogues of 1938 (1937) Musical
Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) Music