Ron Jones (composer)
Ron Jones (born Kansas City, Kansas 7 July 1954) is an American composer who has written music for TV shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Duck Tales, American Dad!, and Family Guy. He composed the theme for Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents with series creator Butch Hartman, and the music for the show's pilots.
Despite critically acclaimed work for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jones was fired during the show's fourth season by producers Rick Berman and Peter Lauritson after repeated disagreements over how to approach dramatic scoring on the show. Following that, Jones criticized the kind of music used under Berman's stewardship of the franchise, which he felt was "less melodic" and "more pad-like."[1] Berman, on the other hand, has said that "the music is there to enhance the scene that is going. The scene is not there to enhance the music. And Ron’s stuff was getting big and somewhat flamboyant. It was a decision that Peter and I made that was just a simple moving on to other composers." [2]
For the 100th episode of Family Guy, "Stewie Kills Lois", Jones repeated his music from the popular Next Generation two-parter "The Best of Both Worlds".
He recently received an Emmy nomination for Best Original Song, "We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass" from Family Guy, and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the Family Guy episode, "Lois Kills Stewie", which follows "Stewie Kills Lois".
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[edit] Television scores
- DuckTales (1987–1988) The Walt Disney Company
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1991) Paramount Pictures
- Superman (1988) Ruby-Spears Productions
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (1989–1992) The Walt Disney Company
- Family Guy (1999–present) Fox Broadcasting Company
- The Fairly Odd Parents (theme song) (2001–present) Nelvana/Nickelodeon/Frederator Films
- American Dad! (2005–2009, later replaced by Joel McNeely) Fox Broadcasting Company
[edit] Film scores
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1970 re-release)
- A Goofy Movie (1995, for song On The Open Road (with Buddy Baker)
- Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
[edit] Selected discography
- Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music from the Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two (The Best of Both Worlds) (GNP Crescendo)
- "Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Ron Jones Project (1987-1999)" released by Film Score Monthly.
- "Superman" (1988 Ruby-Spears animated series), disc 7 of Superman: The Music (1978-1988), released by Film Score Monthly.
- The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary Special (tracks 6 & 7: Suite from "Heart of Glory") (GNP Crescendo)
[edit] References
- ^ Star Trek Soundtracks (2002). "Interview Ron Jones". http://www.startreksoundtracks.com/interview-ronjones.html.
- ^ Startrek.com, March 2011 Interview
[edit] External links
- Ron Jones Productions
- Ron Jones at the Internet Movie Database
- Ron Jones at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Ron Jones interview
- Ron Jones interview about FAMILY GUY
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