He received 22 Academy Award nominations for his work in film, twice being nominated four times in a single year, but he did not win during his lifetime. He received his only Oscar posthumously for his score of "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956). Thus, Victor Young holds the record for most Oscar nominations before winning the first award. His other nominated scores include "Anything Goes" (1936), "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936), "Artists and Models" (1937), "The Gladiator", "Golden Boy" (1939), "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943), "The Uninvited" (1944), "Love Letters" (1945), "So Evil My Love" (1948), "The Emperor Waltz" (1948), "The Paleface" (1948), "Samson and Delilah" (1949), "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), "Our Very Own" (1950), "September Affair" (1950), "My Favorite Spy" (1951), "Payment on Demand" (1951), "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Scaramouche" (1952), "Something to Live For" (1952), "Shane" (1953), "The Country Girl" (1954), "A Man Alone" (1955), "The Conqueror" (1956) and "The Maverick Queen" (1956).