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- link: artist/18071
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catalog: ISC 530
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category: Animation
classification: Original Soundtrack, Vocal, Prototype/Unused
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: 0:31
  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '1:13'
  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '1:20'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:54'
  - names:
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  - names:
      English: Hot Chocolate
    track_length: 0:33
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    track_length: 0:38
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    track_length: '1:04'
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:37
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    track_length: '1:14'
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  - names:
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    track_length: '1:06'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:17'
  - names:
      English: Blast To The Past
    track_length: 0:59
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:06'
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:55
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    track_length: 0:55
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:32
  - names:
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    track_length: '2:08'
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:51
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    track_length: 0:52
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:51
  - names:
      English: Get The Scoop On The Loot
    track_length: 0:38
  - names:
      English: Captured By Bots
    track_length: '1:37'
  - names:
      English: Meet MEL
    track_length: '1:44'
  - names:
      English: No Hope
    track_length: '1:03'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:44'
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    track_length: 0:40
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  - names:
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    track_length: '1:59'
  - names:
      English: Shark Attack
    track_length: '1:54'
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:50
  - names:
      English: Aphroducky
    track_length: '1:48'
  - names:
      English: The Trouble With Arrows
    track_length: '2:30'
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    track_length: 0:59
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:57
  - names:
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    track_length: '3:11'
  - names:
      English: Operation Allergy
    track_length: '1:36'
  - names:
      English: Jealous
    track_length: '1:09'
  - names:
      English: Plane To Catch
    track_length: '1:04'
  - names:
      English: It's Barbecue Time
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    track_length: 0:56
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      English: DuckTales End Credits
    track_length: '1:03'
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    track_length: '1:38'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:02'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:22'
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  added_date: 2026-01-26T23:26
  edited_date: 2026-02-01T03:50
  fetched_date: 2026-06-07T07:17
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name: DUCKTALES - ORIGINAL 1980s TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
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notes: '"CD release of 1987 Disney TV show composed by Ron Jones!"

  "Intrada announces one of the most requested soundtrack releases of all time, the
  ''80s version of Disney''s TV show DuckTales. Not only have fans pleaded for if
  for decades, but composer Ron Jones has always wished to showcase his colorful,
  dynamic and infectious music from the series. Intrada presents the music on a 2-CD
  set featuring over 100 minutes of episode scores and library tracks. A major ingredient
  of DuckTales’ success was its music, starting with a poppy title theme by Mark Mueller
  and arranged by Jones. While viewing DuckTales for the first time, Jones was struck
  by the show’s dramatic qualities and powerful sense of imagination. He determined
  he would score the action no differently than a live-action adventure, à la Indiana
  Jones, and treat the characters as fully realized individuals. “Huey, Dewey and
  Louie were kids, not ducks,” Jones reflected. “The story was their lives, their
  hopes and dreams, their feelings of adventure. Uncle Scrooge had an important role,
  of course, but it was all about the boys and how they took in the world. That was
  always in the front of my mind.” While the show embraced multiple genres, the music
  would be largely symphonic, supplemented with electronics as appropriate.

  Of the more than 300 cues composed and recorded for DuckTales, Ron Jones retained
  nearly 80 in his personal archive, which forms the basis for this premiere album
  release of the series’ underscore. Fortunately, Jones preserved most of the show’s
  major themes and many of its most memorable set pieces. In assembling these cues,
  CD Producers Neil S. Bulk and John Takis have honored the spirit of the show by
  gathering them into suites inspired by the episodes for which they were originally
  written. Library cues that do not appear in these specific episodes have sometimes
  been integrated into the suites for musical flow. The intention is for each suite
  to function as a satisfying program while also evoking memories of the story to
  which it refers. The album features notes by Takis and cover art design by Stéphane
  Coëdel.

  DuckTales was chiefly inspired by cartoonist and Disney Legend Carl Barks (1901–2000),
  whose tales of Donald Duck and friends in the pages of Walt Disney’s Comics and
  Stories and other titles had delighted readers since the years surrounding World
  War II—an era in which Donald Duck eclipsed even Mickey Mouse in popularity. DuckTales
  is set in the metropolis of Duckburg, where Scrooge McDuck defends his titanic money
  bin against rival miser Flintheart Glomgold, sorceress Magica de Spell and the criminal
  Beagle Boys. Of course, the show also retains a central place for precocious nephews
  Huey, Dewey and Louie."

  DISC ONE

  01. DuckTales Main Title (1:03)

  02-08. Treasure Of The Golden Suns (10:58)

  09-17. The Money Vanishes (9:40)

  18-25. Master Of The Djinni (10:14)

  26-31. Armstrong (8:34)

  32-38. Imagination Suite (7:08)

  39. DuckTales Theme (Alternate Version) (0:29)

  Total CD 1 Time: 48:06

  DISC TWO

  01. DuckTales Theme (Extended Version) (2:54)

  02-12. Time Is Money (13:03)

  13-22. Super DuckTales (10:51)

  23-38. A DuckTales Valentine (23:21)

  39. DuckTales End Credits (1:03)

  40-42. The Extras (4:02)

  Total CD 2 Time: 55:12

  Total Runtime: 1:43:19

  DuckTales - Original Television Soundtrack

  Music Composed and Conducted by Ron Jones

  Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony

  Title Theme by Mark Mueller and Arranged by Ron Jones

  Notes by John Takis

  Cover art design by Stéphane Coëdel

  Producers: Neil S. Bulk and John Takis

  Album Credits

  Music Composed, Orchestrated and Conducted by RON JONES

  Performed by THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYMPHONY

  Music Published by WONDERLAND MUSIC COMPANY, INC. (BMI)

  CD Produced by NEIL S. BULK and JOHN TAKIS

  CD Executive Producer: ROGER FEIGELSON

  Intrada Founder and Producer:

  DOUGLASS FAKE (1952-2024)

  CD Mastered by DOUG SCHWARTZ at MULHOLLAND MUSIC, Chatsworth, CA

  CD Art Direction by KAY MARSHALL

  Cover Design: STÉPHANE COËDEL

  Editorial Coordinator: FRANK K. DeWALD

  Media Consultant: JOE SIKORYAK

  "DuckTales Theme"

  Words & Music by Mark Mueller

  Arranged by Ron Jones

  Vocal by Jeff Pescetto

  Main Title Recorded: August 18,1987

  "I want to thank my wife, Laree, and son, Nathan. They made it possible for me to
  work hard on this project. Also, all the highest praise goes to the great session
  players and mixing staff for their fantastic support. They brought a special quality
  and skill level to each track." -Ron Jones

  Intrada Special Thanks: MARY ANN FAKE, ANDIE CHILDS, ANDREW DEMSHUK, DAVID ENDAHL,
  REGINA FAKE, MARK HAMMON, JEFF JOHNSON, KENNETH LOCKE, MARIE MERILLAT, ANITA MOORE,
  VERONIKA SCHROERS, KERRY SULLIVAN and JOE TARANTINO

  This compilation ℗ 2026 Walt Disney Records. DUCKTALES Artwork, Logos, and Elements
  TM and © 2026 Disney. All rights reserved. Manufactured and Distributed under license
  from Walt Disney Records by Intrada Inc., 5940 College Ave., Suite G, Oakland CA
  94618.

  In-Film Credits

  "Duck Tales" Theme

  Composed by

  MARK MUELLER

  Music Composed and Conducted by

  RON JONES'
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release_date: '2026-01-27'
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