Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Ron Jones Project (1987-1999)
Limited Edition of 5000 copies worldwide on this 14 Disc Box Set
Film Score Monthly’s fifth box set is devoted to a single composer: Star Trek: The Next Generation The Ron Jones Project is a mammoth, 14CD collection of 40 complete episode scores by Ron Jones for the first four years of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1991), plus bonus tracks from Jones’s two-part “The Best of Both Worlds” (already available on CD) and two Interplay computer games, Starfleet Academy (1997) and Starfleet Command (1999).
Star Trek is one of the world’s most famous franchises, with over 40 years of television series and feature films. The second live-action series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, was the first to demonstrate that the show’s concept and ideals could translate to a new cast of characters. FSM’s box set is a huge leap forward in making available the series’ best music.
Several gifted composers worked on ST:TNG, including Ron Jones, who scored 42 episodes over the series’ first four seasons—including fan-favorites such as “Where No One Has Gone Before,” “11001001,” “Heart of Glory,” “Q Who,” “Who Watches the Watchers,” “The Defector,” “The Best of Both Worlds,” “Brothers” and “Final Mission.”
Jones distinguished himself with a dynamic and cinematic style, inspired by film music titans such as Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams and Bernard Herrmann, in which he sought to provide each and every episode with its own theme and sound. He diligently analyzed each story’s literary themes and characters in order to come up with exactly the right melody or orchestration. From his imaginative themes for Star Trek’s alien races, tender emotional scoring, cutting-edge electronics and magnificent “space opera” battle music, this is some of the best music ever written not just for Star Trek, but for television.
Visit FSM’s online notes—for free—to listen to sound clips and read commentary (featuring Ron Jones’s insights) for each episode. The physical box set features the 14 discs in three “clamshell” cases, with an illustrated 60-page booklet containing track lists and an introductory essay—all packaged in a sturdy gold slipcase.
Due to licensing restrictions, there will not be any download sales or individual releases of the discs. (At $149.95, this box set contains over 16 hours of music—all in immaculate stereo—and costs the equivalent of $10.71 per disc.) At 5,000 units, it is limited, but there should be enough copies available for everyone who is interested.
Rarely has a labor of love on the part of the record company resulted in an album that will be of interest to so many fans, and yield so much listening pleasure. Ron Jones has fielded requests for these scores for over two decades (including from the CD producers), and finally they are all available—in their entirety. Please see the online notes and begin reading about this exceptional talent and his wonderful scores.
Track List
Season One 1987–1988
DISC 1:
“The Naked Now” #103
Tracks 1–10, Total Time: 22:49
“Where No One Has Gone Before” #106
Tracks 11–20, Total Time: 21:15
“Lonely Among Us” #108
Tracks 21–29, Total Time: 22:35
Total Time: 66:53
DISC 2:
“The Battle” #110
Tracks 1–9, Total Time: 20:29
“Datalore” #114
Tracks 10–19, Total Time: 25:00
“11001001” #116
Tracks 20–34, Total Time: 29:56
Total Time: 75:38
DISC 3:
“When the Bough Breaks” #118
Tracks 1–14, Total Time: 27:30
“Heart of Glory” #120
Tracks 15–26, Total Time: 25:42
Total Time: 53:18
DISC 4:
“Skin of Evil” #122
Tracks 1–12, Total Time: 32:24
“We’ll Always Have Paris” #124
Tracks 13–23, Total Time: 25:38
“The Neutral Zone” #126
Tracks 24–32, Total Time: 17:14
Total Time: 75:29
Season Two 1988–1989
DISC 5:
“Where Silence Has Lease” #128
Tracks 1–11, Total Time: 28:09
“The Outrageous Okona” #130
Tracks 12–22, Total Time: 21:49
“Loud as a Whisper” #132
Tracks 23–32, Total Time: 21:53
Total Time: 72:04
DISC 6:
“A Matter of Honor” #134
Tracks 1–9, Total Time: 17:49
“The Royale” #138
Tracks 10–18, Total Time: 15:34
“The Icarus Factor” #140
Tracks 19–27, Total Time: 14:07
“Q Who” #142
Tracks 28–39, Total Time: 27:19
Total Time: 75:10
DISC 7:
“Up the Long Ladder” #144
Tracks 1–12, Total Time: 21:01
“The Emissary” #146
Tracks 13–22, Total Time: 23:14
“Shades of Gray” #148
Tracks 23–34, Total Time: 25:43
Total Time: 70:11
Season Three 1989–1990
DISC 8:
“Evolution” #150
Tracks 1–8, Total Time: 16:01
“Who Watches the Watchers” #152
Tracks 9–22, Total Time: 24:03
“Booby Trap” #154
Tracks 23–31, Total Time: 13:50
“The Price” #156
Tracks 32–41, Total Time: 19:05
Total Time: 73:18
DISC 9:
“The Defector” #158
Tracks 1–9, Total Time: 17:18
“The High Ground” #160
Tracks 10–17, Total Time: 15:14
“A Matter of Perspective” #162
Tracks 18–25, Total Time: 13:26
“The Offspring” #164
Tracks 26–32, Total Time: 19:11
Total Time: 65:29
DISC 10:
Season Three 1989–1990 (concluded)
“Allegiance” #166
Tracks 1–10, Total Time: 23:43
“Ménage à Troi” #172
Tracks 11–20, Total Time: 18:04
Season Four 1990–1991
“Brothers” #177
Tracks 21–28, Total Time: 22:15
Alternate Cues, Tracks 29–35, Total Time: 11:06
Total Time: 75:27
DISC 11:
“Reunion” #181
Tracks 1–8, Total Time: 19:46
“Final Mission” #183
Tracks 9–21, Total Time: 23:04
“Data’s Day” #185
Tracks 22–28, Total Time: 15:31
“Devil’s Due” #187
Tracks 29–36, Total Time: 14:34
Total Time: 73:15
DISC 12:
“First Contact” #189
Tracks 1–10, Total Time: 14:09
“Night Terrors” #191
Tracks 11–19, Total Time: 19:09
“The Nth Degree” #193
Tracks 20–27, Total Time: 21:15
“The Drumhead” #195
Tracks 28–34, Total Time: 14:32
“The Best of Both Worlds“ #174-175
Bonus Tracks 35-40, Total Time: 5:00
Total Time: 74:32
DISC 13:
Additional and Alternate Cues
Season One
Tracks 1–6, Total Time: 4:41
Season Two
Tracks 7–22, Total Time: 19:57
Season Three
Tracks 23–43, Total Time: 29:30
Season Four
Tracks 44–66, Total Time: 25:08
Total Time: 79:28
DISC 14:
Interplay Computer Games
Starfleet Academy
Tracks 1–10, Total Time: 24:57
Starfleet Command
Tracks 11–42, Total Time: 31:58
Bonus Tracks 43–50, Total Time: 5:43
Total Time: 62:52
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