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After 'Moonlighting' and 'ALF,' he worked on the Fox show for 27 years, then filed a lawsuit over his dismissal.
Alf Clausen, a composer and arranger whose songs, interludes and closing credits for hundreds of episodes of “The Simpsons” were so central to the animated sitcom’s success that its creator ...
Monorail,” a classic episode of “The Simpsons,” was written by Conan O’Brien, just before he made the jump to his late-night talk show, but the “Music Man”-inspired song was penned by Alf Clausen, the ...
Alf Clausen, Emmy-Winning Composer for ‘The Simpsons,’ Dies at 84. After 'Moonlighting' and 'ALF,' he worked on the Fox show for 27 years, then filed a lawsuit over his dismissal.
Alf Clausen, the longtime composer on The Simpsons who scored countless iconic moments on the animated series, has died at the age of 84.. The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in ...
Alf Clausen, who won a pair of Emmys as composer for The Simpsons from 1990-2017 and also composed music for Moonlighting, ALF, The Critics and many other TV shows and films, died Thursday of ...
In the late ’80s, Clausen served as the series composer for Alf (no relation), but when the NBC show abruptly ended, he spent several months out of work. Then, he received an offer he actually ...
Alf Clausen, the composer who made 'The Simpsons' even funnier with his music for 27 years, died early Thursday. He was 84.
Alf Clausen, an Emmy-winning composer who orchestrated some of the most sublimely silly moments on “The Simpsons,” from a “slanderous mambo” sung by Tito Puente to a showstopping, Falco ...
LOS ANGELES — Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died. His daughter Kaarin ...
Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died.
LOS ANGELES — Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died. His daughter Kaarin ...