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Alf Clausen, Composer Behind Nearly Three Decades of Simpsons Scores, Dies at 84

His death came after years of progressive supranuclear palsy followed by Parkinson’s disease

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Overview

  • Clausen died on May 29 at his Los Angeles home after battling progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson’s disease
  • He served as composer on The Simpsons from 1990 to 2017, scoring over 560 episodes with a live 35-piece orchestra
  • Clausen garnered 21 Emmy nominations for the series and won twice for musical episodes in 1997 and 1998
  • After his abrupt 2017 dismissal, he filed a 2019 lawsuit against Disney and Fox alleging age and disability discrimination
  • Before joining The Simpsons, he composed for Moonlighting, ALF and films including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Naked Gun