Ron Jones Ron Jones is an American composer who wrote the musical scores for many episodes in the first four seasons of . He also provided music for the video games " " and " " . In addition to his work on " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , Jones is also remembered for his music on the acclaimed Disney animated series , " DuckTales " . He has most recently acquired recognition for his work on Seth MacFarlane ' s hit animated shows , " American Dad ! " and " Family Guy " . Early life and career . Jones was born in Kansas City , Kansas . After receiving a degree in music composition and music theory , he moved to Los Angeles , California , to enroll in the Dick Grove School of Music . He studied under Academy Award - and Emmy Award - nominated composer Lalo Schifrin , which came about when Schifrin asked Jones to copy a concerto for guitar and orchestra . While attending Dick Grove , Jones composed an NBC Movie of the Week and began scoring television series produced by Hanna - Barbera . In addition to writing the music for hundreds of episodes of Hanna - Barbera cartoons , Jones also arranged and composed the theme songs to such Hanna - Barbera shows as " Smurfs " and " The Snorks " . After five years at Hanna - Barbera , Jones left to work with the composing team of Mike Post and Pete Carpenter . While scoring for Post and Carpenter , Jones worked on such popular television series as " The A - Team " , " Magnum , P . I . " , and " Hardcastle and McCormack " . The latter series starred two future " Star Trek " alumni in the title roles : Brian Keith as Judge Milton C . Hardcastle , and Daniel Hugh Kelly as Mark " Skid " McCormack . In addition to his work on television , Jones has also composed the music for a number of independent films , including " Naked Vengeance " ( a 1985 crime drama in which director Terrence O ' Hara had an acting role ) , " Kidnapped " ( a 1986 thriller starring TNG guest actor Lance LeGault ) , and " Future Hunters " ( a 1986 science fiction adventure which has since become a cult classic ) . In 1987 , Jones was recruited by Chris Montan , the head of Disney Music , to compose the music for Disney ' s first syndicated cartoon series , " DuckTales " . Montan was impressed with Jones ' work during a session on a Hanna - Barbera cartoon and admired the composer ' s philosophy to respect the intelligence of the audience rather than creating a " patronizing " or " cute " score that would play down to them . Jones accepted Montag ' s request to score " DuckTales " , which became one of the most successful animated programs of all time . Jones worked on " DuckTales " through 1988 , during which time he composed , conducted , arranged , and orchestrated various memorable cues and themes which were reused throughout the show ' s two - season run . " Star Trek " . Later in 1987 , Jones was brought in to score the new " Star Trek " television series , " Star Trek : The Next Generation " . Jones looked at each episode of TNG as though they were a feature film rather than a serial and scored them accordingly , giving each episode " its own unique orchestral palette and themes . " In 1988 , Jones shared an Emmy Award for his musical contributions to the sound mixing of the second season episode , . Jones ' score for and has been widely praised as the best music for TNG . His music from these two episodes were subsequently released as an album , which won the NAIRD Award for Best Soundtrack Album of the Year in 1991 . In total , Jones composed forty - two episodes of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " ( see his TNG credits below ) . He was interviewed by Bill Florence for the article " Ron Jones – Sounds in Space " , published in . Despite the success of his work , Jones was fired from the crew of TNG under controversial circumstances near the end of the fourth season . His firing was supposedly because his music was thought to be " too noticeable " by Rick Berman . Jones has since been a major critic of Berman - era " Trek " . ; he cited the music of the subsequent " Trek " spin - offs as " less melodic and more pad - like . " Furthermore , he thought the theme for " " would have been better used for the opening ceremonies of the WNBA . Jones ultimately returned to the " Star Trek " franchise , however , when he scored the music for the interactive video games , " Star Trek : Starfleet Academy " and " Star Trek : Starfleet Command " . His work on the former game earned Jones a nomination from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for Achievement in Sound and Music . Later work . Since his work on TNG came to an end , Jones has returned to composing music for animated projects . He composed the main title theme music for the popular Nickelodeon series " The Fairly OddParents " , which currently features the voice of " Trek " alum Jason Marsden . Jones has won three BMI Film and TV Awards for " The Fairly OddParents " theme , one in each consecutive year from 2002 through 2004 . In 1999 , Jones was approached by Seth MacFarlane – a die - hard " Star Trek " fan – to score the pilot for a new animated series he was developing called " Family Guy " , having previously worked with Jones on a cartoon short called " Larry & Steve " . " Family Guy " has since become widely popular and is currently in its thirteenth season , with Jones continuing to provide music , alternating with Walter Murphy , who actually developed the series ' main title theme . For the 100th episode of " Family Guy " , Jones reused the ending of the " Captain Borg " track from the final seconds of TNG ' s " The Best of Both Worlds " ( Part I ) , parodying the cliffhanger aspect of the episode , even using TNG - style text for the " To be Continued . . . , " and the executive producer credits . The episode , entitled " Stewie Kills Lois , " was written by four - time " " writer David A . Goodman , who used this spoof to pay tribute to the 20th anniversary of TNG . Jones has received two Emmy Award nominations for his work on " Family Guy " . The first , in 2000 , was for composing the song " We Only Live To Kiss Your Ass " ( aka " This House Is Freakin ' Sweet " ) from the episode " Peter , Peter , Caviar Eater . " He was again nominated for his work on the episode " Lois Kills Stewie , " the follow - up to the aforementioned " Stewie Kills Lois . " With the success of " Family Guy " , Jones was hired to score MacFarlane ' s next series , " American Dad ! " This series features the voices of Scott Grimes and Wendy Schaal , while former TNG star Patrick Stewart has a recurring voice - over role . Jones continues to compose episodes for both " American Dad ! " and " Family Guy " .