US EditionAlf Clausen, Emmy-Winning Composer Who Wrote Music for 'The Simpsons,' Dies
- Alf Clausen, an Emmy-winning composer, died on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at his home in Los Angeles after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.
- Starting in 1990 during the show's second season, Clausen composed almost all of the music for The Simpsons, a Fox animated series, and continued to do so for 27 years until 2017.
- He scored nearly 600 episodes, conducted a 35-piece orchestra, and also composed for TV series including Moonlighting and Alf.
- Clausen won two Emmy Awards and received 30 nominations, including 21 for his work on The Simpsons, and was recognized by showrunner Al Jean as a highly gifted composer who made a significant impact on the series.
- He was dismissed from The Simpsons in 2017 due to cost-cutting, causing outrage among fans and collaborators, and Clausen claimed his firing involved ageism and disability discrimination.
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Alf Clausen, Longtime ‘The Simpsons’ Composer, Dead at 84
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 Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter. Clausen served as composer on The Simpsons from the series’ second season in 1990 (starting with the inaugural “Treeho…
Death in the Simpson family. Matt Groening called it "one of the unrecognized treasures of the show"
As a composer responsible for the music in the TV series "The Simpsons" Alf Clausen becomes known - and wins two Emmys. Over 27 years he works in the universe with the yellow figures. Now he died at 84 years.
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