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 Parkinson’s Disease. He was 84 and had Been diagnosed in 2020.
HIS DANGHTER KAARARY CLAUSEN ANNOUNCED The News on Social Media. “He left a huge Mark on this world and has touched the lives of millions, and i’m so proud to call him ‘dad,’ she wrote in part. “Rest Easy, Maestro. I Will Miss You Every Day.”
Clausen Wrote Music for Nearly 600 Episodes of Fox’s Landmark toon The SimpsonsStarting Early in Its Second Season, Though Danny Elfman Penned Its Iconic Theme Song. He won back-to-back emmys in 1997 and 1998 and Earned 30 Career Nominations, Including a Half-Dozen for the 1980s ABC Moonlighting Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. He Also Won Five Annie Awards and Seven Ascap Film & TV Music Awards for The Simpsons. In 2011, Clausen was Awarded Ascap’s Golden Note Award, which is present to songwriters, composers, and artists who have extraordinary career miles.
“If you’re look for an Easy 9-to-5 Job, this is not for you,” Clausen said in a 2015 interview with the television Academy Foundation. “If you’ve you got the burn for music composition, and when you get the burn there’s hardly anything like it, it is the most fun you can have dressed. Just go for it.”
Born on March 28, 1941, in Minneapolis and Raised in North Dakota Watching American BandstandClausen Moved to Los Angeles to Pursue a Career in Tv Composing. He Started Out Working As a Copyist for Feature Films and Variety Shows, Including The Carol Burnett Show.
He Did Orchestrations for A 1975 Episode of Norman Lear’s All in the family spinoff Maude and laterteded on Donny & Marie Before Becoming Music Director for Fellow Variety Series The Mary Tyler Moore Hour In 1979.
Into the 1980s, Clausen Wold Go On To Do Orchestrations for Such Feature Films AS Airplane II: The Sequel, Mr. Mom, Splash, The Last Starfighter, Weird Science, Wise Guys, The Naked Gun and its first sequel Ferris Bueller’s Day off and the dave chappelle Starrer Half Baked.
Meanwhile, His Career As a TV Composer was taching off. CLAUSEN WORKED ON THE INCLUDING SERIES Wizards and Warriors, fame and Partners in crime before landing a full-time gig as composer and music director on Moonlighting, WORKING ON ALL FIVE OF ITS SEASONS. He late workhed on the Jon Lovitz-Led Toon Series The criticsThe Bette Midler Sitcom Concrete and on all episodes of nbc’s sitcom AlfAlso penning theme song for the latter.
But of Course, That’s All Secondary to Clausen’s Crown Jewel.
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The Simpsons Used A 35-Piece Orchestra, Which Clausen Conducted, Enabling the Wide Variety of Musical Styles Required by the Show. The score was recorded weeks for each episodes. He began composing for The Simpsons In 1990, Early in Its Second Season, and Remained with the Juggernout Series Though Season 28 in 2017, we have been fired from the show.
“We trendously Value Alf Clausen’s Contrbits to The Simpsonsand he will continue to have an ongoing roles in the show, ”the show’s producers said in a staff to deadline at the time. The Simpsonsabsolutely orchestral including. This is the part where we were a joke, but neohere alf’s work Nor the music of The Simpsons is treated as anything but serious by us. ”
CLAUSEN DIDN’T FINT IT FUNNY. Nearly two years after his dysmissal, he sued disney and fox for age discrimination. CLAIMING the originally struted Reason for his exit – “Taking the Music in a Different Direction” – was “false.” Instead, he alled, his “unlawful termination was to perceived disability and age.”
The Legal Battle Lasted for Nearly 2½ Years, UNIL CLAUSEN’S FLOD A MOTION TO DISMISS The Case, WHICH HAD GONE TO Appeal A year after it was filed. “It was prety evident that we weren’t going to prevail, and defensive counter reached out to suggest we showed resolve to not risk to pay cass and attorney fees,” Clausen’s Primary Lawyer EBBY SAID IN A STEETEENT THEN.
But his run with The Simpsons is the stuff of legend. He wrote music for revered songs from the series as “baby on book” and “who needs the kwik-e-mart” and those in the season 4 episodes “A Streetcar Named Marge.” CLAUSEN ALSO PRODUCED A NUMBER OF Simpsons-Related Albums Including Songs in the key of Springfield and The Yellow Album.
During His Career, Clausen Composed Music For Big Bands LED by Buddy Rich, Ray Charles, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton and Others. His Credits Also Include The Alf Clausen Jazz Orchestra’s 2005 Album Swing Can Really Hang You Up The Most.
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