US EditionAlf Clausen, Emmy-Winning Composer Who Wrote Music for 'The Simpsons' for 27 Years, Dies at 84
- Alf Clausen, an Emmy-winning composer known for scoring The Simpsons from 1990 to 2017, died at age 84 on Thursday at his Los Angeles home.
- Clausen joined The Simpsons following its creation by Matt Groening, providing nearly 600 musical scores until a cost-cutting firing in 2017 sparked outrage.
- He also composed music for TV series including Moonlighting and Alf, and conducted a 35-piece orchestra for The Simpsons’ scores.
- Clausen received 30 Emmy nominations—21 for The Simpsons—and secured Emmy wins in consecutive years, 1997 and 1998, while his colleagues recognized his music as a vital element of the show's humor.
- After nearly a decade battling Parkinson's disease, Clausen’s death leaves a legacy honored by his family and collaborators who called him an ‘incredibly talented man.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
104 Articles
104 Articles
All
Left
26
Center
58
Right
4
The Quad-City Times+26 Reposted by 26other sources
Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer who wrote music for 'The Simpsons' for 27 years, dies
He composed nearly 600 scores for the show and conducted the 35-piece orchestra that played them in the studio.
·Cherokee County, United States
Read Full Article
Alf Clausen, longtime composer for 'The Simpsons' and former North Dakotan, dies at 84
FARGO — Composer Alf Clausen, known for his Emmy Award-winning work on the long-running animated comedy "The Simpsons," died Thursday, May 29, at the age of 84, Variety first reported. His daughter, Kaarin Clausen, posted on Instagram that her father died peacefully "after a long and valiant struggle with Parkinson's." Clausen was born in Minneapolis but raised in Jamestown, where he attended high school, according to a 2012 profile from The Jam…
·Fargo, United States
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources104
Leaning Left26Leaning Right4Center58Last UpdatedBias Distribution66% Center
Bias Distribution
- 66% of the sources are Center
66% Center
L 30%
C 66%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
