Day is done and the sun Is slowly fading out of sight.
I can hear, oh, so clear a call that echoes in the night.
Yes, I hear sweet and clear, the call of the faraway hills.
There's no rest on the prairie.
There's no rest for a restless soul that just was born to roam.
Who can say, maybe way out there,
my heart may find a home.
And I hear sweet and clear the call of the faraway hills.
There are trails I've never seen
and my dreams are getting lean.
And beyond the sunset there are brand new thrills,
When a new dream or two may just be one star away,
I must obey the call of the faraway hills .
維克多·楊( Victor Young1899-1956)可以說是1950年代好萊塢最重要的電影音樂作曲家,從1936-1956,20年間幾乎每一年都有四、五部以上的電影音樂作品發表,包括他去世的一年。1954那一年,作品甚至達到十部之多,作品產量十分驚人。其中不乏《戰地鐘聲》(For Whom the Bell Tolls)1943、《霸王妖姬》(Samson and Delilah)1949、《大馬戲團》(The Greatest Show on Earth)1952、《蓬門今始為君開》(The Quiet Man)1952、《原野奇俠》(Shane)1953、《鄉下姑娘》(The Country Girl)1954、《環遊世界八十天》(Around the World in 80 Days)1956等閃閃發光的經典。是奧斯卡常客,但年年提名,年年落榜,唯一得獎的,是死後上映的環遊世界八十天。維克多·楊出身猶太音樂世家,美國出生,10歲就赴波蘭華沙學習音樂,直到ㄧ戰結束。他的電影音樂,最擅長畫面的鋪陳,表達宏麗的山川,捕捉電影的戲劇性和人性的高貴感,抒情壯闊,氣勢恢宏,旋律充滿情感。維克多·楊的音樂,是富於文學性的,仿彿替世間人訴說著他們的故事、理想和心情。