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