The physical humor and lack of dialogue helped make the cartoons immensely popular around the world as Bradley’s music needed no translations. Since Tom and Jerry almost never spoke, most of the stories relied on Bradley’s music to set up and underline the different jokes, playful tensions, and transitions from one scene to the next. Bradley went on to write and conduct the large orchestras for the music in the 114 original cartoons made between 19. In 1940, MGM animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera created the Tom and Jerry cartoon, though they were originally named Jasper and Jinx. Bradley was quickly hired to help provide the music. Seeing the success of Disney and others with the growing popularity of animation, Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Studios decided to form its own cartoon studio in 1937 to compete. One of Disney’s chief animators went to form his own cartoon studio for which Bradley worked for several years.īy the 1930s, the cartoon short feature had become a staple part of the moviegoing experience. However, Walt Disney had a falling out with some of his staff in 1930. In 1929, he was hired by The Walt Disney Studio as a staff musician. Bradley left Texas in 1926 to become a conductor for a Los Angeles radio station. Though he was a successful musician, Bradley still took lessons from more experienced musicians to fine-tune his own craft.īy the early 1920s, California was rapidly becoming the heart of the entertainment world. At the same time, he continued to write his own music.
He found work as a conductor for orchestras and theaters throughout Southeast Texas as well as radio stations. By the 1910s, he headed to Houston to put his musical talents to work. He developed a love of music early and taught himself. Texas musician Scott Bradley was never widely known outside of the studio, but his music was the heart of some of the most iconic American cultural icons of the twentieth century, most notably, the famed cartoon duo of Tom and Jerry.īradley was born in Russellville, Arkansas, in 1891.
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