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

For hundreds of episodes, he helped create the DNA of one of the most successful shows in television ...

In the late ’80s, Clausen served as the series composer for Alf (no relation), but when the NBC show abruptly ended, he spent several months out of work. Then, he received an offer he actually ...

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

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 ...

Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer who scored "The Simpsons" for 27 years, has tragically died after struggling with Parkinson's Disease for about a decade ...

Alf Clausen, the composer who made 'The Simpsons' even funnier with his music for 27 years, died early Thursday. He was 84.

Born in Minneapolis on March 28, 1941, and raised in Jamestown, N.D., Alf Faye Heiberg Clausen grew up playing French horn, but he wasn’t thinking of a career in music when he enrolled at North ...

Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer for ‘The Simpsons,’ dies at 84. For nearly three decades, he wrote and conducted virtually all of the show’s music cues and original songs.

Clausen, who also scored TV series including “Moonlighting” and “Alf” (“no relation,” he used to joke) was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards, 21 of them for “The Simpsons.” He won twice.

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

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