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- Birth nameAlf Faye Heiberg Clausen
- Alf Clausen was born on March 28, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a composer, known for The Simpsons (1989), Moonlighting (1985) and Weird Science (1985). He was married to Sally Taron and Judy Landstrom. He died on May 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesSally Taron(1993 - May 29, 2025)Judy Landstrom (divorced, 3 children)
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- He composed practically all the music heard on The Simpsons except the theme. With lyrics provided by the show's writers, he came up with the music for songs including See My Vest, We Do (The Stonecutters Song), and a musical version of Planet of the Apes. (He had been a music copyist - preparing parts for the musicians - on the original "Planet of the Apes" movie in 1968.).
- He studied mechanical engineering at North Dakota State University, but switched to music after a summer he spent in New York City, seeing Broadway musicals. He studied composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston, receiving a second bachelor's degree.
- He took piano lessons, played the French horn and double bass, and sang in his high school choir.
- We have a joke on the scoring stage that I can make you feel five ways in thirteen seconds. We say it in jest, but the reality of the situation is that I am required to do just that quite often.
- About working in television: The greatest composing challenge has been to try to make some kind of musical sense out of the cues when I have only a few seconds to make a musical statement.
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