Scott Bradley
Known for: Sound
Born: November 26, 1891
Died: April 27, 1977
Place of birth: Russellville, Arkansas, USA
Scott Bradley was an American composer, pianist and conductor. He is best remembered 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.
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Filmography
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On a Roll
2021
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The House That Cat Built
2021
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Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy
2014
5.9
Tot Watchers
1958
6.6
Droopy Leprechaun
1958
6.5
Robin Hoodwinked
1958
6.6
The Vanishing Duck
1958
6.9
Mutts About Racing
1958
6.5
Royal Cat Nap
1958
7.2
Sheep Wrecked
1958
6.5
Happy Go Ducky
1958
6.6
One Droopy Knight
1957
6.7
Tom's Photo Finish
1957
6.4
Blackboard Jumble
1957
6.6
Mucho Mouse
1957
6.8
Scat Cats
1957
6.4
Feedin' the Kiddie
1957
6.9
Grin and Share It
1957
6.6
Timid Tabby
1957
7.3
Give and Tyke
1957
6.1
Tops with Pops
1957
5.9
Cat's Meow
1957
6.7
Barbecue Brawl
1956
6.5
Blue Cat Blues
1956
6.6
Down Beat Bear
1956
6.5
Millionaire Droopy
1956
6.8
Muscle Beach Tom
1956
6.6
Busy Buddies
1956
6.4
The Egg and Jerry
1956
6.5
The Flying Sorceress
1956
6.2
Good Will to Men
1955
6.9
That's My Mommy
1955
6.9
Pecos Pest
1955
6.8
Deputy Droopy
1955
6.5
Smarty Cat
1955
6.6
The First Bad Man
1955
6.6
Tom and Chérie
1955
7.2
Designs on Jerry
1955
6.6
Mouse for Sale
1955
6.8
Pup on a Picnic
1955
6.5
Southbound Duckling
1955
6.9
Touché, Pussy Cat!
1954
7.0
Dixieland Droopy
1954
6.7
Pet Peeve
1954
5.5
The Flea Circus
1954
6.1
Neapolitan Mouse
1954
7.6
Mice Follies
1954
6.8
Baby Butch
1954
6.7
Homesteader Droopy
1954
7.5
Sleepy-Time Squirrel
1954
7.0
Little School Mouse
1954
6.6
Hic-cup Pup
1954
7.1
Drag-A-Long Droopy
1954
6.6
Posse Cat
1954
7.2
Puppy Tale
1954
6.8
The Three Little Pups
1953
6.3
Life with Tom
1953
6.9
Two Little Indians
1953
6.5
Half-Pint Palomino
1953
6.9
Just Ducky
1953
7.1
Wee-Willie Wildcat
1953
6.6
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
7.0
That's My Pup!
1953
6.8
Little Johnny Jet
1953
6.9
Johann Mouse
1953
6.3
Cobs and Robbers
1953
7.0
Jerry and Jumbo
1953
7.3
Barney's Hungry Cousin
1953
7.0
Busybody Bear
1952
6.9
The Dog House
1952
6.8
Cruise Cat
1952
7.4
Caballero Droopy
1952
6.9
Push-Button Kitty
1952
7.1
Fit to Be Tied
1952
7.5
Rock-a-Bye Bear
1952
6.9
Little Runaway
1952
6.7
One Cab's Family
1952
7.2
Triplet Trouble
1952
6.0
Smitten Kitten
1952
6.8
The Two Mouseketeers
1952
6.8
The Duck Doctor
1952
6.7
Magical Maestro
1952
7.0
The Flying Cat
1952
7.0
Cat Napping
1951
7.2
Droopy's Double Trouble
1951
7.2
Nit-Witty Kitty
1951
7.1
Slicked-up Pup
1951
6.5
His Mouse Friday
1951
7.3
Symphony in Slang
1951
7.0
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951
6.8
Droopy's Good Deed
1951
7.0
Jerry's Cousin
1951
7.0
Daredevil Droopy
1951
7.0
Jerry and the Goldfish
1951
6.7
Casanova Cat
1951
7.2
The Peachy Cobbler
1950
7.2
Cue Ball Cat
1950
7.0
The Chump Champ
1950
7.1
The Framed Cat
1950
7.2
Garden Gopher
1950
7.2
The Hollywood Bowl
1950
6.7
Safety Second
1950
6.9
Jerry and the Lion
1950
6.5
Ventriloquist Cat
1950
6.9
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
6.9
Texas Tom
1950
6.8
Saturday Evening Puss
1950
7.0
Little Quacker
1950
7.1
Tennis Chumps
1949
6.4
The Counterfeit Cat
1949
6.8
Out-Foxed
1949
6.3
Jerry's Diary
1949
7.3
Love That Pup
1949
6.5
Little Rural Riding Hood
1949
6.7
The Cat and the Mermouse
1949
7.0
Wags to Riches
1949
6.9
Doggone Tired
1949
7.5
Heavenly Puss
1949
6.9
The House of Tomorrow
1949
7.0
Hatch Up Your Troubles
1949
7.0
The Little Orphan
1949
6.8
Señor Droopy
1949
6.9
Polka-Dot Puss
1949
7.1
Bad Luck Blackie
1949
7.5
Goggle Fishing Bear
1949
6.9
Mouse Cleaning
1948
6.3
The Cat That Hated People
1948
6.7
Professor Tom
1948
7.2
Lucky Ducky
1948
6.8
Old Rockin' Chair Tom
1948
5.9
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948
7.5
The Truce Hurts
1948
6.6
The Bear and the Hare
1948
7.0
Little 'Tinker
1948
7.1
Kitty Foiled
1948
7.0
King-Size Canary
1947
7.2
The Invisible Mouse
1947
6.7
Slap Happy Lion
1947
7.1
A Mouse in the House
1947
5.6
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
1947
7.1
Salt Water Tabby
1947
7.2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
1947
6.4
Red Hot Rangers
1947
7.6
The Cat Concerto
1947
6.7
Hound Hunters
1947
7.0
Part Time Pal
1947
7.4
Cat Fishin'
1947
5.9
Courage of Lassie
1946
6.4
Henpecked Hoboes
1946
7.5
Solid Serenade
1946
7.0
Northwest Hounded Police
1946
7.5
Trap Happy
1946
6.3
The Hick Chick
1946
7.2
The Milky Waif
1946
7.2
Springtime for Thomas
1946
6.8
Lonesome Lenny
1946
7.3
Quiet Please!
1945
6.7
Wild and Woolfy
1945
7.0
Flirty Birdy
1945
7.0
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
7.3
Tee for Two
1945
7.3
Mouse in Manhattan
1945
7.2
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
1945
6.9
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
6.2
Jerky Turkey
1945
6.6
The Screwy Truant
1945
6.8
Polar Pest
1944
7.3
Mouse Trouble
1944
7.6
Puttin' on the Dog
1944
6.2
Big Heel-Watha
1944
6.3
Bear Raid Warden
1944
7.5
The Bodyguard
1944
6.6
Happy-Go-Nutty
19446.5
The Tree Surgeon
1944
7.1
The Million Dollar Cat
1944
6.4
Screwball Squirrel
1944
6.8
The Zoot Cat
1944
7.3
Innertube Antics
1944
6.7
Baby Puss
1943
7.3
The Stork's Holiday
1943
6.6
One Ham's Family
1943
7.2
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943
7.1
Who Killed Who?
1943
7.2
Red Hot Riding Hood
1943
7.1
Dumb-Hounded
1943
7.2
Sufferin' Cats!
1943
7.3
Fine Feathered Friend
19427.6
Chips Off the Old Block
1942
6.4
The Early Bird Dood It!
1942
6.8
Blitz Wolf
1942
6.2
Little Gravel Voice
1942
7.4
The Field Mouse
1941
6.5
The Flying Bear
1941
5.6
Officer Pooch
1941
7.0
Dance of the Weed
19416.5
Lions on the Loose
1941
5.8
The Little Mole
1941
7.0
Abdul the Bulbul Ameer
1941
6.5
Romeo in Rhythm
1940
7.0
The Bookworm Turns
1940
6.8
The Milky Way
1940
5.6
Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers
1940
7.4
Home on the Range
1940
7.3
The Fishing Bear
19407.2
The Mad Maestro
1939
7.1
Peace on Earth
1939
6.0
The Bookworm
1939
6.0
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
1939
5.0
Jitterbug Follies
1939
6.0
Petunia Natural Park
1939
5.6
The Captain's Christmas
1938
6.2
Merbabies
1938
7.5
What a Lion!
1938
6.3
The Captain's Pup
1938
7.5
Blue Monday
1938
6.0
Cleaning House
19386.0
Pipe Dreams
1938
6.3
Little Buck Cheeser
19376.8
The Wayward Pups
19377.0
Circus Daze
1937
5.9
The Pups' Christmas
1936
7.3
Little Cheeser
1936
6.9
To Spring
1936
7.0
The Early Bird and the Worm
1936
7.8
Bottles
1936
6.4
Alias St. Nick
19356.2
Poor Little Me
19356.3
The Chinese Nightingale
1935
7.5
The Lost Chick
1935
6.3
When the Cat's Away
1935
7.3
Hey-Hey Fever
1935
6.7
Bosko's Parlor Pranks
19346.3
Tale of the Vienna Woods
19346.5
The Discontented Canary
1934
7.5
Fire! Fire!
1932
5.3
The Milkman
1932
7.0
Africa Squeaks
19316.0
The Village Specialist
1931
6.5
Movie Mad
1931
8.0
Stormy Seas
1931
7.1
The New Car
1931