Alf Clausen
Sound · Music · Original Music Composer · Orchestrator
Born Mar 28, 1941 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Active 1981–2025
American film and television composer best known for his work scoring many episodes of The Simpsons, for which he was the sole composer between 1990 and 2017. Clausen scored or orchestrated music for more than 30 films and television shows.
Filmography
The Simpsons (1989) — MusicFerris Bueller's Day Off (1986) — OrchestratorThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) — OrchestratorALF (1986) — Music · Original Music ComposerMoonlighting (1985) — MusicHalf Baked (1998) — Original Music Composer · Orchestrator · ConductorMr. Mom (1983) — OrchestratorThe Critic (1994) — MusicMy Science Project (1985) — OrchestratorMurder in Three Acts (1986) — Original Music ComposerMaggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One" (2023) — Additional MusicMy First Love (1988) — Original Music ComposerMay the 12th Be with You (2024) — Additional MusicA Very Retail Christmas (1990) — MusicPolice Story: The Watch Commander (1988) — MusicStranded (1986) — MusicShe Knows Too Much (1989) — Original Music ComposerThe Wickedest Witch (1989) — MusicDouble Agent (1987) — MusicNumber One with a Bullet (1987) — Original Music ComposerPerfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued (1981) — OrchestratorChannel 99 (1988) — Music