Scott Bradley (born November 26, 1891 in Russellville, Arkansas, USA; died April 27, 1977 in Chatsworth, California, USA) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. He is most famous for scoring the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M) theatrical cartoons, including those starring Tom and Jerry, Droopy Dog, Barney Bear, and the many one-shot works of Tex Avery. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Russellville is a city located in Pope County, Arkansas. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Chatsworth is a community of Los Angeles, bordered by the Santa Susana Mountains and unincorporated Los Angeles County lands to the north, Porter Ranch to the northeast, Northridge to the east, West Hills to the south, and the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Simi Valley, and Chatsworth Lake Manor to the... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... See Conductor for other possible uses of the word. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Tom & Jerry title card from the 1940s Tom and Jerry were an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a massively successful series of theatrical short cartoons created, written, and directed by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame), and produced... Droopy Dog in Señor Droopy. ... Barney Bear was a series of animated cartoon short subjects produced by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. ... Frederick Bean Tex Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Hollywood. ...

He started with Walt Disney in 1929 and moved to M-G-M in 1938 when they set up their own cartoon unit. Jump to: navigation, search This article reads like an advertisement. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

His early style was to incorporate popular and traditional melodies in the manner of a collage, as was common in early animation. However, a discussion with Fred Quimby encouraged him to develop his own style and by the late 1940s, Bradley had a complete set of musical metaphors for all emotions and actions. Jump to: navigation, search Animation (plural: Animations) is the illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. ... Frederick C. Quimby (November 14, 1883 - September 16, 1965) was the producer of the MGM animated cartoon division, which most notably included the Tom and Jerry team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ...

Classic works include The Two Mouseketeers (1952) and The Cat Concerto (1946), the latter of which uses Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 as the basis for the animation and humour. The Two Mouseketeers is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Tom and Jerry series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on March 15, 1952 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tom & Jerry in The Cat Concerto Another screenshot The Cat Concerto is a Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in 1946 by MGM studios. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. ... The Hungarian Rhapsodies, (S/G244, R106) Rapsodies hongroises or Ungarische Rhapsodien) are a set of pieces of music by Franz Liszt, originally for solo piano. ...

Bradley retired in 1957 when MGM closed its cartoon department. Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

External links

• Scott Bradley at the Internet Movie Database