Overview

• Clausen scored The Simpsons from 1990 to 2017, conducting a 35-piece orchestra and composing almost 600 individual episodes.
• He won back-to-back Emmy Awards for Simpsons songs in 1997 and 1998 and received a record 30 Emmy nominations over his career.
• Producers dismissed him in a 2017 cost-cutting move, later crediting him as Composer Emeritus, and he sued Fox alleging age and disability discrimination.
• He died May 29, 2025, at his Los Angeles home after battling Parkinson’s disease for about ten years, his daughter confirmed.
• Peers and fans have honored his work on The Simpsons as well as earlier scores for series like Moonlighting and ALF.