Directing Animator
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Feb 13, 2008, 6:28 AM
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Has anyone else seen this or knows the contents?
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I heard about this from Greg Ford's spoken introduction to and comments on an extremely rare session recording for Hanna-Barbera's MGM Cinemascope cartoon, Good Will To Men (on Disc 3 of the WBHE Academy Awards DVD set). It is a 2-CD set, but I can find no accurate listing of it's contents online. I'm reminded of a single CD of music for Tex Avery's cartoons which came out on the Milan label in the late 1980's but is now out of print. This 2-CD set sells for $29.99 on Amazon, but apparently it is limited to 3000.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Apprentice
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Apr 2, 2008, 2:07 PM
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Yes I have the set!
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Apprentice
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Apr 2, 2008, 2:13 PM
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25 titles in all...
including
TOUCHE PUSSYCAT
THAT'S MY MOMMY
DEPUTY DROOPY
BLUE CAT BLUES
TV OF TOMORROW
BUSY BUDDIES
MOUSE FOR SALE
NEOPOLITAN MOUSE
DIXIELAND DROOPY
GIVE AND TYKE
HAPPY GO DUCKY
LITTLE JOHNNY JET
FIELD AND SCREAM
PECOS PEST
BILLY BOY
DOWNBEAT BEAR
PET PEEVE
TOM AND CHERIE
CELLBOUND
TOM'S PHOTO FINISH
DOWNHEARTED DUCKLING
SCAT CATS
HOMESTEADER DROOPY
BARBEQUE BRAWL
TOT WATCHERS
THERE YOU GO...ALL 25 OF THEM...ALL MUSIC IS COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY SCOTT BRADLEY.
I BOUGHT THE SET BECAUSE OF PECOS PEST, WHICH FEATURES THE VOICE OLF SHUG FISHER.
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Directing Animator
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Apr 5, 2008, 9:12 AM
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Thanks for posting that list. I notice from the CD cover that this is Volume 1; which would appear to indicate that at least one more volume would be forthcoming. I hope the next one will focus on the 1940's, which IMHO saw Bradley at his peak.
I wish I could find out more info about Edward Plumb's role at the studio. The only MGM cartoon for which he received sole Music Director credit (so far as I know) was The Missing Mouse (1953).
Judging from the orchestrations one hears in Plumb's score for this cartoon, which are similar to those heard in Bradley's own cartoon scores; my guess is that Plumb was Bradley's arranger at MGM. Plumb had done a lot of work at Disney in the 1940's, but it's not clear exactly when he migrated over to MGM or how long he stayed. Do the CD booklet notes give any indication of this?
The only reason I can think of for Bradley to even have had an arranger at MGM would be because of time constraints. Bradley was, of course, a prolific composer of serious concert works and he possessed a masterful knowledge of orchestral instruments; so he would have been able to orchestrate his own cartoon scores with no difficulty. In addition, there couldn't have been that many serious deadlines to meet, since MGM appears to have released fewer cartoons per year than Warner's or Disney during the 1950's (it usually took a year-and-a-half for an average MGM cartoon to be completed, so the cartoons were stockpiled quite a bit prior to theatrical release).
This is all speculation on my part, of course... Maybe I should write to Daniel Goldmark; he's done a lot of extensive research on Bradley, Stalling, etc., and may know the answer.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Apprentice
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Apr 7, 2008, 12:40 PM
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A volume 2 has not been announced to the best of my knowledge. If I hear of anything I'll pass it on.
I highly recommend buying that 2 cd set....the quality is awesome and the set includes some some pretty good extensive liner notes.
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Directing Animator
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Apr 8, 2008, 9:07 PM
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I just ordered a copy last week on Amazon. Oh, and BTW, that Tex Avery CD that was available on the Milan label is being re-issued at the end of this month; presumably in honor of Avery's centennial last month. If I recall correctly, it contains a music-only track for TV of Tomorrow, Cell-Bound and Little Johnny Jet. The other tracks are the actual soundtracks (including music, SFX and voices) for cartoons like Homesteader Droopy. I ordered a copy of this as well, although I suspect there will be duplication of some tracks between the 2 CD's.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Directing Animator
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Apr 23, 2008, 12:49 PM
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I just got my copy three days ago and I listened to the entire set yesterday. This is a really great collection. All of the selections are music-only tracks that are taken, with the exception of a few brief clips here and there, directly from the original magnetic-film elements. The producers have done a great job tracking these rare elements down, and the sound-quality of all the tracks (including some in genuine stereo) is nothing short of astounding.
Annotator and co-producer, Daniel Goldmark, hints that a second volume containing tracks from the 1940's will be forthcoming. Hopefully some original optical music tracks have survived and didn't perish in that warehouse fire in the 1950's. If no original elements can be located, however, then I imagine that the producers would have to draw upon actual film soundtracks.
In any case, it's great to see Scott Bradley finally given his due. What would really be great to have are new CD recordings featuring reconstructed scores from Bradley's MGM years, as well as recordings of his concert music. Apparently all of his serious works have been published, but there are currently no available recordings.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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