Biography
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.
Filmography
all 269
Movies 269
Director 11
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)
Millionaire Droopy (1956)
Muscle Beach Tom (1956)
Busy Buddies (1956)
The Egg and Jerry (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)
T.V. of Tomorrow (1953)
Heir Bear (1953)
That's My Pup! (1953)
Little Johnny Jet (1953)
Johann Mouse (1953)
Cobs and Robbers (1953)
Jerry and Jumbo (1953)
Barney's Hungry Cousin (1953)
Busybody Bear (1952)
The Dog House (1952)
The Little Wise Quacker (1952)
Cruise Cat (1952)
Caballero Droopy (1952)
Push-Button Kitty (1952)
Fit to Be Tied (1952)
Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)
Little Runaway (1952)
One Cab's Family (1952)
Triplet Trouble (1952)
Smitten Kitten (1952)
The Two Mouseketeers (1952)
The Duck Doctor (1952)
Magical Maestro (1952)
The Flying Cat (1952)
Cat Napping (1951)
Droopy's Double Trouble (1951)
Nit-Witty Kitty (1951)
Car of Tomorrow (1951)
Slicked-up Pup (1951)
His Mouse Friday (1951)
Symphony in Slang (1951)
Sleepy-Time Tom (1951)
Droopy's Good Deed (1951)
Jerry's Cousin (1951)
Daredevil Droopy (1951)
Jerry and the Goldfish (1951)
Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951)
Casanova Cat (1951)
The Peachy Cobbler (1950)
Cue Ball Cat (1950)
The Chump Champ (1950)
The Framed Cat (1950)
Garden Gopher (1950)
The Hollywood Bowl (1950)
Safety Second (1950)
The Cuckoo Clock (1950)
Jerry and the Lion (1950)
Ventriloquist Cat (1950)
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Texas Tom (1950)
Saturday Evening Puss (1950)
Little Quacker (1950)
Tennis Chumps (1949)
The Counterfeit Cat (1949)
Out-Foxed (1949)
Jerry's Diary (1949)
Love That Pup (1949)
Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
The Cat and the Mermouse (1949)
Wags to Riches (1949)
Doggone Tired (1949)
Heavenly Puss (1949)
The House of Tomorrow (1949)
Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949)
Señor Droopy (1949)
Polka-Dot Puss (1949)
Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
Goggle Fishing Bear (1949)
Mouse Cleaning (1948)
The Little Orphan (1948)
The Cat That Hated People (1948)
Professor Tom (1948)
Lucky Ducky (1948)
Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948)
Half-Pint Pygmy (1948)
The Truce Hurts (1948)
The Bear and the Hare (1948)
Little 'Tinker (1948)
What Price Fleadom (1948)
Kitty Foiled (1948)
The Bear and the Bean (1948)
King-Size Canary (1947)
The Invisible Mouse (1947)
Slap Happy Lion (1947)
A Mouse in the House (1947)
Uncle Tom's Cabana (1947)
Salt Water Tabby (1947)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947)
Red Hot Rangers (1947)
The Cat Concerto (1947)
Hound Hunters (1947)
Part Time Pal (1947)
Cat Fishin' (1947)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
Henpecked Hoboes (1946)
Solid Serenade (1946)
Northwest Hounded Police (1946)
Trap Happy (1946)
The Hick Chick (1946)
The Milky Waif (1946)
Springtime for Thomas (1946)
Lonesome Lenny (1946)
Quiet Please! (1945)
Wild and Woolfy (1945)
Flirty Birdy (1945)
Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
Tee for Two (1945)
Mouse in Manhattan (1945)
The Mouse Comes to Dinner (1945)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
Jerky Turkey (1945)
The Unwelcome Guest (1945)
The Screwy Truant (1945)
Polar Pest (1944)
Mouse Trouble (1944)
Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
Big Heel-Watha (1944)
Bear Raid Warden (1944)
The Bodyguard (1944)
Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
The Tree Surgeon (1944)
The Million Dollar Cat (1944)
Batty Baseball (1944)
Screwball Squirrel (1944)
The Zoot Cat (1944)
Innertube Antics (1944)
Baby Puss (1943)
What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (1943)
The Stork's Holiday (1943)
One Ham's Family (1943)
The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Who Killed Who? (1943)
The Lonesome Mouse (1943)
Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
Dumb-Hounded (1943)
Sufferin' Cats! (1943)
Barney Bear's Victory Garden (1942)
Wild Honey, or, How to Get Along Without a Ration Book (1942)
Fine Feathered Friend (1942)
Chips Off the Old Block (1942)
The Early Bird Dood It! (1942)
Blitz Wolf (1942)
The Bowling Alley-Cat (1942)
Puss n' Toots (1942)
Little Gravel Voice (1942)
Dog Trouble (1942)
Fraidy Cat (1942)
The Field Mouse (1941)
The Night Before Christmas (1941)
The Flying Bear (1941)
Officer Pooch (1941)
The Midnight Snack (1941)
Dance of the Weed (1941)
Lions on the Loose (1941)
The Little Mole (1941)
Abdul the Bulbul Ameer (1941)
Romeo in Rhythm (1940)
The Bookworm Turns (1940)
The Milky Way (1940)
Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940)
Home on the Range (1940)
Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
The Fishing Bear (1940)
The Mad Maestro (1939)
Peace on Earth (1939)
The Bookworm (1939)
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939)
The Little Goldfish (1939)
Jitterbug Follies (1939)
Petunia Natural Park (1939)
The Captain's Christmas (1938)
Merbabies (1938)
Baby Kittens (1938)
Old Smokey (1938)
What a Lion! (1938)
The Captain's Pup (1938)
Blue Monday (1938)
Cleaning House (1938)
Pipe Dreams (1938)
Little Buck Cheeser (1937)
The Wayward Pups (1937)
Circus Daze (1937)
The Pups' Christmas (1936)
Little Cheeser (1936)
To Spring (1936)
The Pups' Picnic (1936)
The Early Bird and the Worm (1936)
Bottles (1936)
Alias St. Nick (1935)
Poor Little Me (1935)
The Chinese Nightingale (1935)
The Lost Chick (1935)
When the Cat's Away (1935)
Hey, Hey Fever (1935)
Bosko's Parlor Pranks (1934)
Tale of the Vienna Woods (1934)
The Discontented Canary (1934)
Staying Alive
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GenderMale
Birthday1891-11-26
Deathday1977-04-27 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceRussellville, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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