Composer Alf Clausen, greatest recognized for his work on The Simpsons, Moonlighting and ALF has died, aged 84.
The Hollywood Reporter reviews Clausen died on Thursday at his Valley Village house in Los Angeles, after being identified with progressive supranuclear palsy about eight years in the past.
From The Simpsons‘ second season in 1990 till its twenty eighth in 2017, Clausen crafted lots of the spirited melodies that contributed to The Simpsons. He accrued 23 Emmy nominations, successful — together with lyricist Ken Keeler — in 1997 and ’98 for the songs “We Put the Spring in Springfield” and “You’re Checkin’ In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Heart).”
His first project was the 1990 episode “Treehouse of Horror.” He mentioned he was delighted that it offered the chance for 42 musical cues and that the producers didn’t flinch when he requested a double recording session to generate them.
Throughout 550-plus episodes he scored utilizing a dwell, full orchestra together with “Vote for a Winner,” “See My Vest,” “At all times My Dad,” “Ode to Branson,” “Dr Zaius” and “Union Strike Folks Tune (Elements 1 and a pair of).” “The Rubbish Man,” a parody of “The Sweet Man” was carried out by U2.
However in 2019 he filed a lawsuit towards Disney and FOX citing age discrimination after he was dismissed from the present. He settled in 2022.
Earlier positions has been as a music copyist on Planet of the Apes, M*A*S*H, The Carol Burnett Present and The Partridge Household, an arranger for Donny & Marie, and musical director for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour.
His breakthrough as a TV composer got here in 1985 on Moonlighting when Lee Holdridge, who wrote the music for the theme music, requested collection creator Glenn Gordon Caron to make use of him.
For comedy collection ALF he offered the theme music and scored the 100-plus episodes of the alien sitcom.
Movie credit included Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Splash (1984), Bizarre Science (1985), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and Dragnet (1987) and he scored TV episodes of Fame, Wizards and Warriors and Companions in Crime.
