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Alf Clausen

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Composer Composer emeritus
Birth date:	March 28, 1941 (1941-03-28) (age 83)
Status:	Inactive
Number of episodes:	Actual: 604 Credited: 668
Seasons active:	Season 2 - 32
First short:	The Force Awakens from Its Nap
Most recent short:	May the 12th Be with You
First episode:	"Treehouse of Horror"
Most recent episode:	Actual: "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me" Credited: "The Way of the Dog"
First album:	Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album:	The Simpsons: Testify

Alf Clausen (born March 28, 1941) is an American composer. He served as the composer for The Simpsons from season 2 to season 28. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Access All Areas and The Simpsons: America's First Family.

On August 30, 2017, Alf Clausen told Variety that he had been fired from the show as they wanted "a different kind of music".^[1] Clausen's last official episode as main composer was "Whistler's Father", although he also composed music for the song "Nobody Knows Hans Moleman" in the episode "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me". However, he received the honorary credit of "composer emeritus" until the end of season 32.

Awards

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Music in a TV Production	1997^[2]	N/A	Won
Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Television Production	1998^[3]	"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" for "Checkin' In"
2000^[4]	"Behind the Laughter"
Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television Production	2003^[5]	"Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
2007^[6]	"Yokel Chords"
Annie Award for Music in a Television Production	2010^[7]	"Elementary School Musical"	Nominated
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production	2012^[8]	"Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	1994^[9]	"Homer and Apu" for "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?"	Nominated
1995^[10]	"Homer the Great" for "We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)"
1996^[11]	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" for "Señor Burns"
1997^[12]	"Bart After Dark" for "We Put the Spring in Springfield"	Won
1998^[13]	"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" for "You're Checkin' In"
2002^[14]	"The Old Man and the Key" for "Ode to Branson"	Nominated
2003^[15]	"Dude, Where's My Ranch?" for "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"
2004^[16]	"The President Wore Pearls" for "A Vote for a Winner"
2005^[17]	"A Star Is Torn" for "Always My Dad"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	1992^[18]	"Treehouse of Horror II"	Nominated
1993^[19]	"Treehouse of Horror III"
1994^[20]	"Cape Feare"
1995^[21]	"Treehouse of Horror V"
1998^[22]	"Treehouse of Horror VIII"
1999^[23]	"Treehouse of Horror IX"
2001^[24]	"Simpson Safari"
2004^[25]	"Treehouse of Horror XIV"
2005^[26]	"Treehouse of Horror XV"
2008^[27]	"Treehouse of Horror XVIII"
2009^[28]	"Gone Maggie Gone"
2011^[29]	"Treehouse of Horror XXI"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction	1997^[30]	"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"	Nominated
1998^[31]	"All Singing, All Dancing"

Credits

References

External links

Alf Clausen at the Internet Movie Database
Alf Clausen at Wikipedia
Alf Clausen at MobyGames
Alf Clausen's official site
Alf Clausen Online Music Scholarship

Music crew

view • talk • edit • past Composers
Ryeland Allison • Ryan Baer • Lorne Balfe • Marc Baril • Jim Beanz • Belle and Sebastian • Michele Bertoldi • Bleeding Fingers Music • Sylvain Chomet • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Jemaine Clement • Ray Colcord • The Decemberists • Jack Dolgen • James Dooley • Clay Duncan • Ryan Elder • Danny Elfman • Juan Carlos Enriquez • Mark Ganus • Michael Giacchino • Mick Giacchino • Richard Gibbs • Norio Hanzawa • James Hebdon • Henry Jackman • Brian Langsbard • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Michael A. Levine • Alex Mauer • Maureen McElheron • Bret McKenzie • Mark Mothersbaugh • John E. Nordstrom • Eric Nunamaker • Laurence O'Keefe • Atli Örvarsson • Gregory Prechel • Kira Randolph • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Allen Simpson • Stephen Sondheim • Jon Spurney • Matthew Sweet • Asa Taccone • Kara Talve • Kingsley Thurber • Jeffrey Townsend • Christopher Tyng • Patrick Williams • Davin Wood • Hans Zimmer

view • talk • edit • past Music editors
Bob Beecher • Stan Jones • Chris Ledesma • Daniel Pinder • Ryan Rubin • Jake Schaefer • Erich Stratmann • Derek Syverud • Tom Trafalski

view • talk • edit • past Music engineers
Bryant Arnett • Thomas Broderick • Mark Chalecki • Richard Cottrell • Guy DeFazio • Robert Gatley • Paul Grupp • Mick Guzauski • Richard Joseph • Jesse Kanner • Acar S. Key • Judy Kirschner • Tod Lemkuhl • Bryan Loren • Scott Mabuchi • Tony Maserati • John Moyer • Ernie Rose • Pete Oso Snell • Geoff Sykes • Greg Vines • Matt Ward

view • talk • edit • past Music producers
Bob Beecher • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Oliver Davis • David Dorn • Derek Dressler • Russell Emanuel • Robert L. Emmer • Alan Friedman • Greg Haver • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Steve Kofsky • Chris Ledesma • Bryan Loren • Mickey Petralia • Steven Schnur • Gary Stewart • Jai Winding • Hans Zimmer

view • talk • edit • past Orchestrators
Steve Bartek • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Tim Davies • Brad Dechter • Elizabeth Finch • Bruce Fowler • Walt Fowler • Dell Hake • Andrew Kinney • Ken Kugler • Suzette Moriarty • Dana Niu • Gregory Prechel • Larry Rench • Brandon Roberts • Geoff Stradling • Marcus Trumpp

view • talk • edit • past Singers and vocalists
Lisa Angelle • Kaylee Arellano • Baha Men • George Balmeseda • Tony Battaglia • Peter Beckett • Gerry Beckley • Josh Bedlion • Karen Bernod • Ben Bledsoe • Eric Bradley • Alexandra Brown • Jackson Browne • Rosemary Butler • Amick Byram • David Byrne • Marie Cain • James Campbell • Mark Campbell • Elin Carlson • Carmen Carter • Dawn Halloran Charouhas • Emily Charouhas • Patty Chayefsky • Alvin Chea • Alf Clausen • John Coggins • Deborah Cooper • Randy Crenshaw • J.C. Crowley • Michael Dees • Angel DeLeon • Marwenna Diame • Chelsea Di Blasi • Denise Donatelli • George Economou • Allie Feder • Roger Freeland • James Gilstrap • Andrew Gold • Will Goldman • Shelby Grimm • Nicholas Harper • Walt Harrah • James Hayden • Todd Honeycutt • Michael "J" Horn • Clydene Jackson • David Johansen • Dan Jordan • Bob Joyce • Eloise Kelsey • Kesha • Mary Kiani • Gladys Knight • Darlene Koldenhoven • Edie Lehmann-Boddicker • Kipp Lennon • Rick Logan • Hazel Lopez • Bryan Loren • Trey Lorenz • Ricky Lucchese • Aron Michael Manderosian • Robert J. Manderosian • Sara Mann • Ian Mayorga • Nick McKaig • Donna Medine • Gene Merlino • Cindy Mizelle • Ted Moock • Gene Morford • D. K. Okoh • Caitlin Parrott • P-Funk All-Stars • Aaron Page • Caitlin Parrott • Darryl Phinnessee • Michele Pillar • Duran Ramos • Jasper Randall • John Reid • Boots Riley • Linda Ronstadt • Jessica Rotter • Laurie Rox • Timothy B. Schmit • Fletcher Sheridan • Jill Sobule • Stefani Spruill • Caitlin Stafford • Bart Stevens • Sally Stevens • Susie Stevens-Logan • Todd Strange • Carole Sylvan • Matthew Sweet • Marc Terenzi • Chris Thompson • Carmen Twillie • Twinkle • Richard Voltorp • Julia Waters • Maxine Waters • Oren Waters • Suzanne Waters • Dick Wells • John West • Greg Whipple • Ann White • Gerald White • Jerry Whitman • B. David Whitworth • Ann Wilson • Nancy Wilson • Stevie Wonder

view • talk • edit • past Song writers
Lisa Angelle • Burt Bacharach • Tony Battaglia • Gerry Beckley • Herman Beeftink • William Bell • Chuck Berry • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • James Campbell • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Angel DeLeon • Zooey Deschanel • Jack Dolgen • George Economou • Alan Friedman • Ricky Gervais • Shelby Grimm • Matt Groening • Bob Harris • Greg Haver • Tim Heidecker • Arthur Herzog, Jr. • Billie Holiday • Robert Israel • Al Jean • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Robert Johnson • Booker T. Jones • Dan Jordan • Louis Kabbabie • Jay Kogen • Adam I. Lapidus • Annie Lennox • Bobby Lopez • Bryan Loren • Jeff Martin • Mike McKnight • Willie Nelson • Randy Newman • Laurence O'Keefe • Curt Ousley • Mickey Petralia • Cole Porter • Rex Promise • Duran Ramos • Mike Reiss • Boots Riley • Sam Simon • Allen Simpson • Jill Sobule • Dave Stewart • Richard Strauss • Matthew Sweet • Eric Wareheim • Paul Webster • Jai Winding • Wallace Wolodarsky

view • talk • edit • past Other
Murray Adler • Shahid "Quality Notch" Ahmad • Slamm Andrews • Richard Bishop • Claudius Bruese • Cary Butler • John Chamberlin • John Witt Chapman • Chuck Choi • Al Clay • Victor Cooke • Sandy De Crescent • Carol Farhat • Nick Glennie-Smith • Kevin Globerman • Leslie Ann Jones • Juliani Music • Chris King • Paul Klingberg • Mike Knobloch • Robert Kraft • Julie Last • Dan Light • Mike Long • Matthew Margeson • George Massenburg • Alan Meyerson • Michael John Mollo • Rebecca Morellato • Blake Neely • Christina Paakkari • Francesco Perlangeli • Jacquie Perryman • Rick Riccio • Peter Rotter • Mike Rubin • Czarina Russell • Jacob Shea • Scott Michael Smith • Sonic Fuel Studios • Noah Sorota • Brian Sperber • Tom Steel • Armin Steiner • Patricia Sullivan • Brett Swain • Dolph Taylor • Mark Wherry • Booker White • Andrew Zack

view • talk • edit • past The Simpsons: America's First Family interviewees
Hank Azaria • James L. Brooks • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Alf Clausen • Mel Gibson • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Tom Jones • Julie Kavner • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Scully • Yeardley Smith • Joseph Wack

[1] Variety - "'The Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen Fired After 27 Years (EXCLUSIVE)"

[Annie1997-2] The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[Annie1998-3] The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 26th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1998)" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[Annie2000-4] The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 28th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2000)" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[Annie2003-5] The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003)" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[Annie2007-6] The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[Annie2010-7] The Annie Awards - "38th Annual Annie Nominations" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[Annie2012-8] The Annie Awards - "40th Annie Awards" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[9] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1994"

[10] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1995"

[11] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1996"

[12] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1997"

[13] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1998"

[14] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2002"

[15] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2003"

[16] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2004"

[17] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2005"

[18] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1992"

[19] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1993"

[20] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1994"

[21] Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1995"

[22] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1998"

[23] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series – Dramatic Underscore – 1999"

[24] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 2001"

[25] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 2004"

[26] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 2005"

[27] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) - 2008"

[28] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) - 2009"

[29] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) - 2011"

[30] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Direction - 1997"

[31] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Direction - 1998"

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Contents

Awards

Credits

Music by

Couch gag theme by

Composer emeritus

Additional music by

Music Composed by

Simpsons music composition

Itchy and Scratchy theme

Original recordings & compilation produced by

All musical selections conducted by

Written by

Discographical annotation

Orchestrations by

Conductor

Singer

References

External links