Scott Bradley

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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Russellville, Arkansas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 236

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Self	Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy 2014-12-15 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2021	Music	Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 2021-10-05 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	On a Roll 2021-02-20 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	The House That Cat Built 2021-02-20 Movie
2020	Music	Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2 2020-12-15 Movie
	Music	Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 2020-02-18 Movie
2010	Music	Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection 2010-06-01 Movie
2007	Music	Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection 2007-05-15 Movie
1958	Original Music Composer	Tot Watchers 1958-08-01 Movie
	Music	Droopy Leprechaun 1958-07-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Robin Hoodwinked 1958-06-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Vanishing Duck 1958-05-02 Movie
	Music	Mutts About Racing 1958-04-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Royal Cat Nap 1958-03-07 Movie
	Music	Sheep Wrecked 1958-02-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Happy Go Ducky 1958-01-03 Movie
1957	Music	One Droopy Knight 1957-12-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tom's Photo Finish 1957-11-01 Movie
	Music	Blackboard Jumble 1957-10-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mucho Mouse 1957-09-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Scat Cats 1957-06-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Feedin' the Kiddie 1957-06-07 Movie
	Music	Grin and Share It 1957-05-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Timid Tabby 1957-04-19 Movie
	Music	Give and Tyke 1957-03-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tops with Pops 1957-02-22 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	Barbecue Brawl 1956-12-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blue Cat Blues 1956-11-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Down Beat Bear 1956-10-12 Movie
	Music	Millionaire Droopy 1956-09-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Muscle Beach Tom 1956-09-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Busy Buddies 1956-05-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Egg and Jerry 1956-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Flying Sorceress 1956-01-27 Movie
1955	Music	Good Will To Men 1955-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	That's My Mommy 1955-11-19 Movie
	Music Director	Pecos Pest 1955-11-11 Movie
	Music	Deputy Droopy 1955-10-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Smarty Cat 1955-10-14 Movie
	Music	The First Bad Man 1955-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tom and Chérie 1955-09-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Designs on Jerry 1955-09-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mouse for Sale 1955-05-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pup on a Picnic 1955-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Southbound Duckling 1955-03-12 Movie
1954	Original Music Composer	Touché, Pussy Cat! 1954-12-18 Movie
	Music	Dixieland Droopy 1954-12-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pet Peeve 1954-11-20 Movie
	Music	The Flea Circus 1954-11-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Neapolitan Mouse 1954-10-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mice Follies 1954-09-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Baby Butch 1954-08-14 Movie
	Music	Homesteader Droopy 1954-07-10 Movie
	Music	Sleepy-Time Squirrel 1954-06-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Little School Mouse 1954-05-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hic-cup Pup 1954-04-17 Movie
	Music	Drag-A-Long Droopy 1954-02-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Posse Cat 1954-01-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Puppy Tale 1954-01-23 Movie
1953	Music	The Three Little Pups 1953-12-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Life with Tom 1953-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Two Little Indians 1953-10-17 Movie
	Music	Half-Pint Palomino 1953-09-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Just Ducky 1953-09-05 Movie
	Music	Wee-Willie Wildcat 1953-06-20 Movie
	Music	T.V. of Tomorrow 1953-06-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	That's My Pup! 1953-04-25 Movie
	Music	Little Johnny Jet 1953-04-18 Movie
	Music Director	Johann Mouse 1953-03-21 Movie
	Music	Cobs and Robbers 1953-03-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jerry and Jumbo 1953-02-21 Movie
	Music	Barney's Hungry Cousin 1953-01-31 Movie
1952	Music	Busybody Bear 1952-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dog House 1952-11-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cruise Cat 1952-10-18 Movie
	Music	Caballero Droopy 1952-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Push-Button Kitty 1952-09-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fit to Be Tied 1952-07-26 Movie
	Music	Rock-a-Bye Bear 1952-07-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Little Runaway 1952-06-14 Movie
	Music	One Cab's Family 1952-05-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Triplet Trouble 1952-04-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Smitten Kitten 1952-04-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Two Mouseketeers 1952-03-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Duck Doctor 1952-02-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Magical Maestro 1952-02-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Flying Cat 1952-01-12 Movie
1951	Original Music Composer	Cat Napping 1951-12-08 Movie
	Music	Droopy's Double Trouble 1951-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nit-Witty Kitty 1951-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Slicked-up Pup 1951-09-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	His Mouse Friday 1951-07-07 Movie
	Music	Symphony in Slang 1951-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sleepy-Time Tom 1951-05-26 Movie
	Music	Droopy's Good Deed 1951-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jerry's Cousin 1951-04-07 Movie
	Music	Daredevil Droopy 1951-03-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jerry and the Goldfish 1951-03-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Casanova Cat 1951-01-16 Movie
1950	Music	The Peachy Cobbler 1950-12-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cue Ball Cat 1950-11-25 Movie
	Music	The Chump Champ 1950-11-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Framed Cat 1950-10-21 Movie
	Music	Garden Gopher 1950-09-30 Movie
	Music Director	The Hollywood Bowl 1950-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Safety Second 1950-07-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jerry and the Lion 1950-04-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ventriloquist Cat 1950-03-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Yellow Cab Man 1950-03-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Texas Tom 1950-03-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Saturday Evening Puss 1950-01-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Little Quacker 1950-01-07 Movie
1949	Original Music Composer	Tennis Chumps 1949-12-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Counterfeit Cat 1949-12-04 Movie
	Music	Out-Foxed 1949-11-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jerry's Diary 1949-10-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Love That Pup 1949-10-01 Movie
	Music	Little Rural Riding Hood 1949-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Cat and the Mermouse 1949-09-03 Movie
	Music	Wags to Riches 1949-08-13 Movie
	Music Director	Doggone Tired 1949-07-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Heavenly Puss 1949-07-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The House of Tomorrow 1949-06-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hatch Up Your Troubles 1949-05-14 Movie
	Music	Señor Droopy 1949-04-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Polka-Dot Puss 1949-02-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bad Luck Blackie 1949-01-22 Movie
	Music	Goggle Fishing Bear 1949-01-15 Movie
1948	Original Music Composer	Mouse Cleaning 1948-12-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Little Orphan 1948-12-01 Movie
	Music	The Cat That Hated People 1948-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Professor Tom 1948-10-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Old Rockin' Chair Tom 1948-09-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Truce Hurts 1948-07-17 Movie
	Music	The Bear and the Hare 1948-06-26 Movie
	Music	Little 'Tinker 1948-05-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kitty Foiled 1948-02-04 Movie
1947	Music	King-Size Canary 1947-12-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Invisible Mouse 1947-09-27 Movie
	Music	Slap Happy Lion 1947-09-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Mouse in the House 1947-08-30 Movie
	Music	Uncle Tom's Cabana 1947-07-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Salt Water Tabby 1947-07-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse 1947-06-14 Movie
	Music	Red Hot Rangers 1947-05-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Cat Concerto 1947-04-26 Movie
	Music	Hound Hunters 1947-04-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Part Time Pal 1947-03-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cat Fishin' 1947-02-22 Movie
1946	Original Music Composer	Courage of Lassie 1946-11-08 Movie
	Music	Henpecked Hoboes 1946-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Solid Serenade 1946-08-31 Movie
	Music	Northwest Hounded Police 1946-08-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Trap Happy 1946-06-29 Movie
	Music	The Hick Chick 1946-06-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Milky Waif 1946-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Springtime for Thomas 1946-03-30 Movie
	Music	Lonesome Lenny 1946-03-09 Movie
1945	Original Music Composer	Quiet Please! 1945-12-22 Movie
	Music	Wild and Woolfy 1945-11-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Flirty Birdy 1945-09-22 Movie
	Music	Swing Shift Cinderella 1945-08-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tee for Two 1945-07-21 Movie
	Music Director	Mouse in Manhattan 1945-07-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Mouse Comes to Dinner 1945-05-05 Movie
	Music	The Shooting of Dan McGoo 1945-04-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jerky Turkey 1945-04-07 Movie
	Music	The Screwy Truant 1945-01-13 Movie
1944	Music	Polar Pest 1944-12-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mouse Trouble 1944-11-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Puttin' on the Dog 1944-10-28 Movie
	Music	Big Heel-Watha 1944-10-21 Movie
	Music	Bear Raid Warden 1944-08-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bodyguard 1944-07-22 Movie
	Music	Happy-Go-Nutty 1944-06-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Tree Surgeon 1944-06-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Million Dollar Cat 1944-05-06 Movie
	Music	Screwball Squirrel 1944-04-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Zoot Cat 1944-02-26 Movie
	Music	Innertube Antics 1944-01-22 Movie
1943	Original Music Composer	Baby Puss 1943-12-25 Movie
	Music	The Stork's Holiday 1943-10-22 Movie
	Music	One Ham's Family 1943-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Yankee Doodle Mouse 1943-06-26 Movie
	Music	Who Killed Who? 1943-06-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Red Hot Riding Hood 1943-05-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dumb-Hounded 1943-03-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sufferin' Cats! 1943-01-16 Movie
1942	Original Music Composer	Fine Feathered Friend 1942-10-10 Movie
	Music	Chips Off the Old Block 1942-09-12 Movie
	Music	The Early Bird Dood It! 1942-08-29 Movie
	Music	Blitz Wolf 1942-08-22 Movie
	Music Director	Little Gravel Voice 1942-05-16 Movie
1941	Music	The Field Mouse 1941-12-26 Movie
	Music Director	The Flying Bear 1941-11-01 Movie
	Music Director	Officer Pooch 1941-09-06 Movie
	Music	Dance of the Weed 1941-06-07 Movie
	Music	Lions on the Loose 1941-05-24 Movie
	Music	The Little Mole 1941-04-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Abdul the Bulbul Ameer 1941-02-21 Movie
1940	Music	Romeo in Rhythm 1940-08-10 Movie
	Music Director	The Bookworm Turns 1940-07-20 Movie
	Music	The Milky Way 1940-06-22 Movie
	Music	Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers 1940-06-08 Movie
	Music	Home on the Range 1940-03-23 Movie
	Music	The Fishing Bear 1940-01-20 Movie
1939	Music Director	The Mad Maestro 1939-12-30 Movie
	Music	Peace on Earth 1939-12-09 Movie
	Music	The Bookworm 1939-08-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bear That Couldn't Sleep 1939-06-10 Movie
	Music	Jitterbug Follies 1939-02-25 Movie
	Music	Petunia Natural Park 1939-01-03 Movie
1938	Music	The Captain's Christmas 1938-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Merbabies 1938-12-09 Movie
	Music	What a Lion! 1938-07-06 Movie
	Music	The Captain's Pup 1938-04-29 Movie
	Music	Blue Monday 1938-04-02 Movie
	Music	Cleaning House 1938-02-19 Movie
	Music Director	Pipe Dreams 1938-02-04 Movie
1937	Music	Little Buck Cheeser 1937-12-18 Movie
	Music Director	The Wayward Pups 1937-07-10 Movie
	Music	Circus Daze 1937-01-16 Movie
1936	Music Director	The Pups' Christmas 1936-12-12 Movie
	Music	Little Cheeser 1936-11-21 Movie
	Music	To Spring 1936-06-04 Movie
	Music	The Early Bird and the Worm 1936-02-08 Movie
	Music	Bottles 1936-01-11 Movie
1935	Music	Alias St. Nick 1935-11-16 Movie
	Music	Poor Little Me 1935-05-11 Movie
	Music	The Chinese Nightingale 1935-04-27 Movie
	Music	The Lost Chick 1935-03-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	When the Cat's Away 1935-02-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hey, Hey Fever 1935-01-19 Movie
1934	Original Music Composer	Bosko's Parlor Pranks 1934-11-24 Movie
	Music	Tale of the Vienna Woods 1934-10-27 Movie
	Music Director	The Discontented Canary 1934-09-15 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv