Ron Jones

about

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 producer Rick Berman 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." 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 happens to follow "Stewie Kills Lois". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

albums

Inspired Praise

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 2: The Battle/Datalore/11001001

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 8: Evolution/Who Watches the Watchers/Booby Trap/The Price

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 6: A Matter of Honor/The Royale/The Icarus Factor/Q Who

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 4: Skin of Evil/We'll Always Have Paris/The Neutral Zone

Star Trek: The Next Generation 9: The Defector/The High Ground/A Matter of Perspective/The Offspring

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 12: First Contact/Night Terrors/The Nth Degree/The Drumhead/The Best of Both Worlds

Star Trek: The Next Generation 1: The Naked Now/Where No One Has Gone Before/Lonely Among Us

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 11: Reunion/Final Mission/Data's Day/Devil's Due

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 5: Where Silence Has Lease/The Outrageous Okona/Loud as a Whisper

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Disc 10: The Offspring/Menage a Troi/Brothers

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 7: Up the Long Ladder/The Emissary/Shades of Gray