Composer Alf Clausen, best known for his work on The Simpsons, Moonlighting And Alp Died, 84 years old.
The Hollywood Reporter Reports Clausen died on Thursday in his Valley Village Home in Los Angeles, after he was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear paresis about eight years ago.
By The SimpsonsThe second season in 1990 until the 28th in 2017, Clausen has made many of the spicy melodies that contributed to The Simpsons. He went on 23 Emmy Nominations, win – together with copywriter Kener – in 1997 and ’98 for the songs “We put the spring in Springfield” and “You Youch Checkin” (a musical tribute to the Betty Ford Center). “
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His first assignment was the episode ‘Treehouse of Horror’ from 1990. He said he was happy that it offered the chance for 42 musical signals and that the producers did not shrink when he asked a double recording session to generate them.
In 550-plus episodes he scored with the help of a live, fully orchestra, including ‘voices for a winner’, ‘see my vest’, ‘Always my dad’, ‘Ode to Branson’, ‘Dr. Zaiius’ and ‘Union Strike Folk Song (parts 1 and 2).’ ‘The Garbage Man’, a parody of ‘The Candy Man’ was performed by U2.
But in 2019 he filed a lawsuit against Disney and Fox who called the age discrimination after he was removed from the show. He settled in 2022.
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Previous positions are on as a music copyist Planet of the Apes, M*A*S*H, The Carol Burnett Show And The Partridge Family, an arranger for Donny & Marie, and musical director for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour.
His breakthrough as a TV composer came up in 1985 Moonlight Then Lee Holdridge, who wrote the music for the theme song, asked series -maker Glenn Gordon Caron to hire him.
For comedy series Alp He provided the theme song and scored the more than 100 episodes of the alien sitcom.
Film credits included Aircraft II: The sequel (1982), Splash (1984), Strange science (1985), Ferris Bueller’s Day Free (1986) and Trawl (1987) and he scored TV -episodes of Fame, wizards and warriors And Partners in crime.
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