After 'Moonlighting' and 'ALF,' he worked on the Fox show for 27 years, then filed a lawsuit over his dismissal.

Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer who provided the music for “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died at age 84.

He composed nearly 600 scores for the show and conducted the 35-piece orchestra that played them in the studio.

While Danny Elfman wrote the show's theme song, Clausen joined the Fox animated series in 1990 and provided essentially all ...

Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” ...

Alf Clausen, the longtime composer on The Simpsons who scored countless iconic moments on the animated series, has died at the age of 84. The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los ...

LOS ANGELES — Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died. Kaarin Clausen said her ...

Alf Clausen, the composer who made “The Simpsons” even funnier with his music for 27 years, died early Thursday after a decade-long battle with Progressive Supernuclear Palsy (PSP).