He ensured “The Simpsons” music: grief for star composer Alf Clausen

Grief in the TV world: Star composer Alf Clausen (1941-2025) died at the age of 84. The musician and two-time Emmy winner died on Thursday in his house in Valley Village in Los Angeles, reported on Clausen’s daughter Kaarin Clausen. About eight years ago, he was diagnosed with a degenerative disease of the brain, according to the report.

Alf Clausen created music for television series such as “Alf” or “The Simpsons”. For the last cult series mentioned, he worked as a composer between 1990 and 2017. Clausen celebrated his breakthrough as a TV composer in 1985 with the series “The Model and the Schniffler” with Cybill Shepherd (75) and Bruce Willis (70) in the leading roles. In total, he is said to have worked on 30 films and television programs.

Clausen won the Emmy for “The Simpsons” in 1997 and 1998 and was nominated for this award for 28 more times for this award. “Simpsons” showrunner Al Jean (64) wrote on the social media for the death of the musician that Clausen was an “incredibly talented man” who did so much for the series.

Alf Clausen was born on March 28, 1941 in Minneapolis. Later he lived with his family in North Dakota. In the course of his studies, he found that he gave it more pleasure to create music than to play them. As early as the mid -1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he started working for film and television and became a sought -after star composer over the decades.

In addition to his daughter Kaarin Clausen, according to “The Hollywood Reporter”, the bereaved also include his wife Sally, whom he married in 1993, his former wife Judy, two sons, Kyle and Scott, the stepchildren Joshua and Emily, sister Faye and eleven grandchildren.