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

Treasure Of The Golden Suns (10:58)
02. Another Happy Day In Duckburg (1:12)
03. Pranks (1:52)
04. Mrs. B To The Rescue (0:52)
05. Parachute Home (0:31)
06. Battle With The Condors (2:30)
07. Just In Time/Escape From The Valley Of The Golden Suns (2:00)
08. Raiders Of The Lost Sun (1:00)

The Money Vanishes (9:40)
09. The Beagle Boys' Dirty Deeds (0:41)
10. Bad Guys Groove (1:11)
11. Beagle Boys #1 (0:39)
12. Beagle Boys #2 – The Plan (0:41)
13. Trouble (0:39)
14. Beagle Boys Chase (1:09)
15. Something's Up Groove #2 (1:10)
16. Rock Chase (1:41)
17. DuckTales Theme (1:49)

Master Of The Djinni (10:14)
18. Adventure Through The Boys' Eyes (1:15)
19. Search For The Lost Vault (1:50)
20. Old Enemies (0:44)
21. Adventure Chase #2 (1:14)
22. Glomgold's Theme (1:09)
23. Desert Chase (1:10)
24. Adventure (1:11)
25. You're Not Too Old, Uncle Scrooge (1:40)

Armstrong (8:34)
26. Rocks On The Tracks (1:13)
27. Launchpad McStunt (1:50)
28. The Race (1:20)
29. Toy Wars (1:54)
30. Air Battle (1:45)
31. Hot Chocolate (0:33)

Imagination Suite (7:08)
32. Happy Opener #1 (0:38)
33. Something's Up In Duckburg (1:04)
34. Dreams (0:37)
35. The Journey (1:14)
36. Something's Up Groove #1 (1:12)
37. Something's Up Groove #2 (Alternate Version) (1:11)
38. Rock Quest (1:12)

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

Total Disc Time 48:06

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

Time Is Money (13:03)
02. The Deal (1:06)
03. Quake (1:17)
04 Blast To The Past (0:59)
05. Run From T-Rex (1:06)
06. Bubba's Cave (0:55)
07. Escape From T-Rex (0:55)
08. Reentry (0:32)
09. The Great City Of Tupei (2:08)
10. Giving All (0:51)
11. Shopping Cart Chase (1:45)
12. The Big Goodbye (1:28)

Super DuckTales (10:51)
13. Happy Opener #2 (0:40)
14. Duckburg Groove (1:02)
15. Marching Band Source (0:52)
16. Feelings Of Adventure (0:51)
17. Get The Scoop On The Loot (0:38)
18. Captured By Bots (1:37)
19. Meet Mel (1:44)
20. No Hope (1:03)
21. The Duel (1:44)
22. The Adventure (0:40)

A DuckTales Valentine (23:21)
23. Valentine Card (0:10)
24. Plans (1:10)
25. Treasure Adventure (1:16)
26. Underwater Treasure (1:59)
27. Shark Attack (1:54)
28. Mumbo Jumbo (0:50)
29. P.M.S. Duckie (1:48)
30. The Trouble With Arrows (2:30)
31. The Love Scheme (0:59)
32. Scrooge Gets It (0:57)
33. Sad Cupcakes (3:11)
34. Operation Allergy (1:36)
35. Jealous (1:09)
36. Plane To Catch (1:04)
37. It's Barbecue Time (1:52)
38. True Love (0:56)

39. DuckTales End Credits (1:03)

The Extras (4:02)
40. Adventure Chase #1 (1:38)
41. Light Action Chase (1:02)
42. Soaring (1:22)

Total Disc Time: 55:12
Total Set Time: 1:43:19