Ron Jones (composer)
In 1987, Jones was recruited by Chris , the head of Disney Music, to compose the music for Disney's first syndicated cartoon series, DuckTales. 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.
Darkwing Duck
Though originally believed by some fans to be a spin-off of the 1987 "DuckTales" series, creator Tad Stones stated in a 2016 report that he believes the two shows exist in different universes, despite "DuckTales" supporting character Launchpad McQuack appearing on the series in a similar role to that the character plays in "DuckTales", and the fact that Scrooge McDuck, the main character of "DuckTales", is mentioned in "Darkwing Duck" episode "Tiff of the Titans". Additionally, the 2011 comic series "DuckTales" makes reference to Darkwing Duck and features various villains from the series. A crossover between the "Darkwing Duck" comic series and the "DuckTales" comic series occurs respectively in the seventeenth and eighteenth issues and the fifth and sixth issues of the series.