
Scott Bradley
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- November 26, 1891
- Died
- April 27, 1977 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Russellville, Arkansas, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography

On a Roll
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer

The House That Cat Built
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer

Happy Go Ducky
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tot Watchers
Movie · Original Music Composer

Robin Hoodwinked
Movie · Original Music Composer

Royal Cat Nap
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Vanishing Duck
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sheep Wrecked
Movie · Music

Mutts About Racing
Movie · Music

Droopy Leprechaun
Movie · Music

Mucho Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

Timid Tabby
Movie · Original Music Composer

Feedin' the Kiddie
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tom's Photo Finish
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tops with Pops
Movie · Original Music Composer

Grin and Share It
Movie · Music

Blackboard Jumble
Movie · Music

One Droopy Knight
Movie · Music

Scat Cats
Movie · Original Music Composer

Give and Tyke
Movie · Music

Cat's Meow
Movie · Music

Blue Cat Blues
Movie · Original Music Composer

Busy Buddies
Movie · Original Music Composer

Barbecue Brawl
Movie · Original Music Composer

Muscle Beach Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer

Millionaire Droopy
Movie · Music

The Egg and Jerry
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Flying Sorceress
Movie · Original Music Composer

Down Beat Bear
Movie · Original Music Composer

Good Will to Men
Movie · Music

Designs on Jerry
Movie · Original Music Composer

Mouse for Sale
Movie · Original Music Composer

That's My Mommy
Movie · Original Music Composer

Southbound Duckling
Movie · Original Music Composer

Deputy Droopy
Movie · Music

Tom and Chérie
Movie · Original Music Composer

Pup on a Picnic
Movie · Original Music Composer

The First Bad Man
Movie · Music

Smarty Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Pecos Pest
Movie · Music Director

Mice Follies
Movie · Original Music Composer

Pet Peeve
Movie · Original Music Composer

Neapolitan Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

Little School Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

Dixieland Droopy
Movie · Music

Drag-A-Long Droopy
Movie · Music

Homesteader Droopy
Movie · Music

Posse Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Puppy Tale
Movie · Original Music Composer

Touché, Pussy Cat!
Movie · Original Music Composer

Hic-cup Pup
Movie · Original Music Composer

Baby Butch
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sleepy-Time Squirrel
Movie · Music

The Flea Circus
Movie · Music

Half-Pint Palomino
Movie · Music

Just Ducky
Movie · Original Music Composer

Life with Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer

That's My Pup!
Movie · Original Music Composer

Little Johnny Jet
Movie · Music

The Three Little Pups
Movie · Music

Two Little Indians
Movie · Original Music Composer

T.V. of Tomorrow
Movie · Music

Johann Mouse
Movie · Music Director

Wee-Willie Wildcat
Movie · Music

Barney's Hungry Cousin
Movie · Music

Cobs and Robbers
Movie · Music

Jerry and Jumbo
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Two Mouseketeers
Movie · Original Music Composer

Smitten Kitten
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Flying Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Little Runaway
Movie · Original Music Composer

Cruise Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Push-Button Kitty
Movie · Original Music Composer

Triplet Trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer

Caballero Droopy
Movie · Music

The Duck Doctor
Movie · Original Music Composer

Fit to Be Tied
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Dog House
Movie · Original Music Composer

One Cab's Family
Movie · Music

Rock-a-Bye Bear
Movie · Music

Busybody Bear
Movie · Music

Magical Maestro
Movie · Original Music Composer

His Mouse Friday
Movie · Original Music Composer

Jerry's Cousin
Movie · Original Music Composer

Cat Napping
Movie · Original Music Composer

Nit-Witty Kitty
Movie · Original Music Composer

Droopy's Good Deed
Movie · Music

Droopy's Double Trouble
Movie · Music

Daredevil Droopy
Movie · Music

Slicked-up Pup
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sleepy-Time Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer

Symphony in Slang
Movie · Music

Casanova Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Jerry and the Goldfish
Movie · Original Music Composer

Ventriloquist Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Jerry and the Lion
Movie · Original Music Composer

Texas Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer

Little Quacker
Movie · Original Music Composer

Cue Ball Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Chump Champ
Movie · Music

Safety Second
Movie · Original Music Composer

Saturday Evening Puss
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Framed Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Yellow Cab Man
Movie · Original Music Composer

Garden Gopher
Movie · Music

The Peachy Cobbler
Movie · Music

The Hollywood Bowl
Movie · Music Director

Hatch Up Your Troubles
Movie · Original Music Composer

Heavenly Puss
Movie · Original Music Composer

Jerry's Diary
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Cat and the Mermouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Little Orphan
Movie · Original Music Composer

Love That Pup
Movie · Original Music Composer

Polka-Dot Puss
Movie · Original Music Composer

Señor Droopy
Movie · Music

Wags to Riches
Movie · Music

Little Rural Riding Hood
Movie · Music

Out-Foxed
Movie · Music

Doggone Tired
Movie · Music Director

The Counterfeit Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

The House of Tomorrow
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tennis Chumps
Movie · Original Music Composer

Bad Luck Blackie
Movie · Original Music Composer

Goggle Fishing Bear
Movie · Music

Mouse Cleaning
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Truce Hurts
Movie · Original Music Composer

Old Rockin' Chair Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer

Kitty Foiled
Movie · Original Music Composer

Professor Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Cat That Hated People
Movie · Music

Little 'Tinker
Movie · Music

The Bear and the Hare
Movie · Music

Half-Pint Pygmy
Movie · Music

Lucky Ducky
Movie · Music

Salt Water Tabby
Movie · Original Music Composer

A Mouse in the House
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Invisible Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

Part Time Pal
Movie · Original Music Composer

Cat Fishin'
Movie · Original Music Composer

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

King-Size Canary
Movie · Music

Uncle Tom's Cabaña
Movie · Music

The Cat Concerto
Movie · Original Music Composer

Slap Happy Lion
Movie · Music

Hound Hunters
Movie · Music

Red Hot Rangers
Movie · Music

Springtime for Thomas
Movie · Original Music Composer

Trap Happy
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Milky Waif
Movie · Original Music Composer

Solid Serenade
Movie · Original Music Composer

Lonesome Lenny
Movie · Music

Northwest Hounded Police
Movie · Music

Courage of Lassie
Movie · Original Music Composer

Henpecked Hoboes
Movie · Music

The Hick Chick
Movie · Music

Quiet Please!
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Mouse Comes to Dinner
Movie · Original Music Composer

Flirty Birdy
Movie · Original Music Composer

Swing Shift Cinderella
Movie · Music

The Screwy Truant
Movie · Music

The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Movie · Music

Wild and Woolfy
Movie · Music

Tee for Two
Movie · Original Music Composer

Mouse in Manhattan
Movie · Music Director

Jerky Turkey
Movie · Original Music Composer

Mouse Trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Zoot Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Puttin' on the Dog
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Bodyguard
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Million Dollar Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer

Happy-Go-Nutty
Movie · Music

Screwball Squirrel
Movie · Music

Bear Raid Warden
Movie · Music

Polar Pest
Movie · Music

Innertube Antics
Movie · Music
The Tree Surgeon
Movie · Original Music Composer

Big Heel-Watha
Movie · Music

Sufferin' Cats!
Movie · Original Music Composer

Baby Puss
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

Who Killed Who?
Movie · Music

The Stork's Holiday
Movie · Music

One Ham's Family
Movie · Music

Red Hot Riding Hood
Movie · Original Music Composer

Dumb-Hounded
Movie · Original Music Composer

Fine Feathered Friend
Movie · Original Music Composer

Little Gravel Voice
Movie · Music Director
Chips Off the Old Block
Movie · Music

Blitz Wolf
Movie · Music

The Early Bird Dood It!
Movie · Music

Bats in the Belfry
Movie · Music

The Flying Bear
Movie · Music Director

The Field Mouse
Movie · Music

The Little Mole
Movie · Music
Lions on the Loose
Movie · Music

Officer Pooch
Movie · Music Director

Dance of the Weed
Movie · Music

Abdul the Bulbul Ameer
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers
Movie · Music

The Milky Way
Movie · Music

The Fishing Bear
Movie · Music

Romeo in Rhythm
Movie · Music

Home on the Range
Movie · Music

The Bookworm Turns
Movie · Music Director

The Mad Maestro
Movie · Music Director

The Bookworm
Movie · Music

Peace on Earth
Movie · Music

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
Movie · Original Music Composer

Jitterbug Follies
Movie · Music

Petunia Natural Park
Movie · Music

Merbabies
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Captain's Christmas
Movie · Music

The Captain's Pup
Movie · Music

Cleaning House
Movie · Music

What a Lion!
Movie · Music

Blue Monday
Movie · Music
Pipe Dreams
Movie · Music Director
The Wayward Pups
Movie · Music Director
Circus Daze
Movie · Music

Little Buck Cheeser
Movie · Music

Little Cheeser
Movie · Music

Bottles
Movie · Music

The Pups' Christmas
Movie · Music Director

The Early Bird and the Worm
Movie · Music

To Spring
Movie · Music

Alias St. Nick
Movie · Music

When the Cat's Away
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Lost Chick
Movie · Music

Hey-Hey Fever
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Chinese Nightingale
Movie · Music
Poor Little Me
Movie · Music
The Discontented Canary
Movie · Music Director

Bosko's Parlor Pranks
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tale of the Vienna Woods
Movie · Music

The Milkman
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

Fire! Fire!
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

The New Car
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

Stormy Seas
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

Movie Mad
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

The Village Specialist
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director

Africa Squeaks
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director