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Scott Bradley

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1891-11-26

Deathday: 1977-04-27 (85 years old)

Biography

Scott Bradley was an American composer, pianist and conductor. He is best ed for scoring the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) theatrical cartoons, including those starring Tom and Jerry (Hanna-Barbera years 1940-1958, 113 of 114 episodes), Droopy Dog (all 24 episodes), Barney Bear (all 26 episodes), and the many one-shot cartoons.

Bradley was a conservatory-trained composer and pianist. In 1934, he began composing for Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising, who were producing cartoon shorts for MGM. After MGM established its own cartoon studio in 1937, Bradley was hired permanently, and he remained with MGM until his retirement in 1957.

His early style incorporated fragments of popular and traditional melodies, as was common practice in scores for animation. However, by the late 1940s, Bradley's compositions and orchestrations had become more original and complex, occasionally utilizing the twelve-tone technique devised by Arnold Schoenberg who, along with Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, and Paul Hindemith, influenced Bradley's approach. "Scott writes the most blank-blank-blank difficult fiddle music in Hollywood," concertmaster Lou Raderman was quoted (complaining good-naturedly) in Sight & Sound magazine. "He is going to break my fingers." Bradley expressed considerable pride in his "funny music" and believed scoring for animation offered far more possibilities to the serious composer than live-action films.

Bradley retired in 1957 when MGM closed its cartoon department. He died on April 27, 1977 in Chatsworth, California.

Filmography

all 262

Movies 262

Director 13

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Music

$Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3$

Scott Bradley

Biography

Filmography

all 262

Movies 262

Director 13

self 1

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 (2021)

On a Roll (2021)

The House That Cat Built (2021)

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2 (2020)

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 (2020)

Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy (2014)

Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection (2010)

Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection (2007)

Tot Watchers (1958)

Droopy Leprechaun (1958)

Robin Hoodwinked (1958)

The Vanishing Duck (1958)

Mutts About Racing (1958)

Royal Cat Nap (1958)

Sheep Wrecked (1958)

Happy Go Ducky (1958)

One Droopy Knight (1957)

Tom's Photo Finish (1957)

Blackboard Jumble (1957)

Mucho Mouse (1957)

Scat Cats (1957)

Feedin' the Kiddie (1957)

Grin and Share It (1957)

Timid Tabby (1957)

Give and Tyke (1957)

Tops with Pops (1957)

Cat's Meow (1957)

Barbecue Brawl (1956)

Blue Cat Blues (1956)

Down Beat Bear (1956)

Millionaire Droopy (1956)

Muscle Beach Tom (1956)

Busy Buddies (1956)

The Egg and Jerry (1956)

The Flying Sorceress (1956)

Good Will To Men (1955)

Cellbound (1955)

That's My Mommy (1955)

Pecos Pest (1955)

Deputy Droopy (1955)

Smarty Cat (1955)

The First Bad Man (1955)

Tom and Chérie (1955)

Designs on Jerry (1955)

Mouse for Sale (1955)

Field and Scream (1955)

Pup on a Picnic (1955)

Southbound Duckling (1955)

Touché, Pussy Cat! (1954)

Dixieland Droopy (1954)

Pet Peeve (1954)

The Flea Circus (1954)

The Camera Caught It (1954)

Neapolitan Mouse (1954)

The Farm of Tomorrow (1954)

Mice Follies (1954)

Baby Butch (1954)

Bird-Brain Bird Dog (1954)

Homesteader Droopy (1954)

Sleepy-Time Squirrel (1954)

Little School Mouse (1954)

Billy Boy (1954)

Hic-cup Pup (1954)

The Impossible Possum (1954)

Drag-A-Long Droopy (1954)

Posse Cat (1954)

Puppy Tale (1954)

The Three Little Pups (1953)

Life with Tom (1953)

Two Little Indians (1953)

Half-Pint Palomino (1953)

Just Ducky (1953)

Wee-Willie Wildcat (1953)