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AN IN D EP EN D EN T, S TU D EN T-R U N N EW SP A P ER S IN C E 1966
‘Family Guy’ composer comes home
b y CHRIS MORROW
c o p y e d ito r
R on Jones h a s b e e n co m po sin g
m usic fo r over 37 years, paving
w orked o n th e title th em es an d
back in g scores fo r m a n y o f televi­
sion’s m o st reco g n ized p ro g ram s
in b o th live a c tio n and. a n im a tio n
categ o ries, in c lu d in g “S coo b y -
Doo; “T he Smurfs,” “T he A-Team,”
D isney’s “D u ck Tales”, an d “Star
Trek: T h e N ex t G eneration.” R ut
w h at Jones is probably m o st recog­
n ized fqr is th e extravagant m u sic
o f S eth M acFarlane’s “Fam ily G uy’’
Jones’ p a th to co m p o sin g sta rted
at Clackam as C o m m u n ity College
n early 44 years ago.
CC C will be hosting th e Em m y-
n o m in a te d c o m p o ser as h e leads
the Clackam as w in d ensem ble, ja z z
b an d , strin g ensem ble a n d ch o ir
in p e rfo rm in g som e o f h is b est
k n o w n m usical cues a n d them es,
W ednesday, M ay 28 at N eim eyer
C e n te r fro m n o o n to 4 pm. T he
C lackam as P rin t h a d a chance to
sp e ak w ith Jones via em ail to ask
som e questions.
television shows such as “Family Guy, ” “Scooby-Doo” and “Star Trek: Next Generation. ”
T h e C la c k a m a s P rin t: W h e n
d id y o u a tte n d C la c k a m a s
C o m m u n ity College?
R o n Jones: I sta rted atten d in g
w hile still a ju n io r over at W est
L in n H igh, in 1970. T h ey h a d a
. special projects class, in w hich each
stu d en t could w ork in d ep en d en tly
o n som ething. I said, “I w an t to go
to college an d take m usic theory. I
was [in] over m y head, an d I d id n ’t
d o so w e ll.... So m y s e n io r y ear I
sighed u p again at C C C a n d nailed
it. I got straight As fro m th e n o n in
all m u sic course w o r k I sta rte d at
th e U n iversity o f O reg o n th e first
sem ester o f m y freshm an year, b u t I
really felt I wasn’t gettin g th e sam e
q u ality o f classes, so I cam e b ack
an d h a d a b all fo r a couple years. I
co m p o sed an d arran g ed for m o st
all o f th e en sem b les o n cam pus. It
w as a g reat w ay to learn an d gain
experience.
T C P : D o y o u have a favorite
m e m o ry fro m y o u r tim e here?
J o n e s: L eR oy A n d erso n w as
th e h e a d o f th e m u sic d ep artm en t
w h en I w a s there. H e w as th e b est
as a teacher, a m entor, a frien d and
som eone w h o really cared. Plus, h e
tau g h t u s h o w to b e pro fessio n al.
Ju d y H ilto n w as a b ig influence
in th e m u sic d ep artm en t. I d o n ’t
th in k anyone in th e w o rld h ad a
g reater g rasp o f m u sic theory, an d
h a d th e in sig h t an d skill like she
had. [She w as] a fan tastic teacher.
I co u ld w rite a b o o k ab o u t a ll th e
g reat friends, th e staff, all the
teach ers. I h a d a fan tastic tim e.
T h a t is w h y I try to co m e b ack
and share w h at I have experienced,
an d th e vital lessons I h av e learned
co m p o sin g fo r film an d T V all
th ese y ears in H o lly w o o d . I love
sh arin g th a t w ith th e students.
T C P : W h a t co u rses d id y o u
tak e an d d id y o u h av e a fa v o rite ?
J o n e s : I to o k m o stly m usic
classes. A rrangem ent; ja z z ban d as
w ell as m usic theory w ere m y m ain
focus. I sort o f sluffed the required
su bjects, w h ic h g o t m e later. I had
to lo ad u p m y ju n io r an d sen io r
y ears in fo u r y e a r u n iv ersity w ith
all th o se req u irem en ts. [It w as]
so rt o f a b ack w a rd s w ay to d o it.
see COMPOSER Page 2
Life Flight pilot lands on campus soccer field
in response to nearby car accident
b y LIZ GOMES
associate p h o to e d ito r
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O n Tuesday, M ay 27, a Life
Flight helicopter based out of
Aurora, Ore., landed in the CC C
soccer fields on the southwest side
o f campus. It was dispatched in
response to a serious two-car col­
lision between South Greentree
Drive an d South Leland Road,
which closed b o th n o rth and
southbound lanes o f Oregon 213
early Tuesday afternoon.
After two in-flight param edics
rode to the scene o f the crash in an
em ergency response vehicle, th e
helicopter pilot, Captain Christopher
Boehm (pictured far right), waved
over curious students to give them
a closer look at the helicopter while
he waited for the am bulance to arrive
(pictured below). Both injured parties
in the crash were transported to local
hospitals, news reports said. Although
neither suffered life-threatening inju­
ries, Life Flight confirm ed that one
patient was flown in the helicopter.
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