Composer, songwriter, music director, producer.
As a music arranger/conductor in the 1960s, Bob Young worked with such artists as Len Gochman and Sharon O'Brien. He also scored original soundtrack music for a number of locally made films, including Journey out of Darkness (1967), It Takes all Kinds (1969), and Colour Me Dead (1969). During the 1970s, he wrote and produced music for the advertising industry, while continuing to write for film and television. His credits during the 1970s include the feature films Adam's Woman (1970), Demonstrator (1971), Plugg (1975), The Lady From Peking (1975), and Inn of the Damned (1977). His television credits include The Count of Monte Cristo (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), Is There Anybody There? (1975), The Alternative (1976), and music for the series The Lost Islands (1976) and Secret Valley (1980).
From 1977 onwards, Young was closely linked to the Yoram Gross Film Studios (q.v.), writing the music for the company's animated features Dot and the Kangaroo (1977), The Little Convict (1979), Around the World with Dot (1981), The Camel Boy (1984), Dot and the Bunny (1984), Dot and the Koala (1985), and Dot and Keeto (1986).
An active participant within the Australian music industry, Young became the first president of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), his tenure lasting from 1987 to 1991.
