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 ...

But for the next 27 seasons from the show's launch in 1990 until 2017, all the music was written, arranged and orchestrated by Alf Clausen, who died last week at age 84. He worked with a 35-piece ...

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). He was 84 ...

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,” winning twice.

The Emmy-winning composer/arranger worked with a 35-piece orchestra for 27 years, creating music for The Simpsons. Clausen died May 29. Originally broadcast May 14, 1997.