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.

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 American musician Alf Clausen, a television composer and author of some of the most iconic music in American TV, including for 'The Simpsons', has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 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.

Alf Heiberg Clausen was born in Minneapolis on March 28, 1941. His mother, Magdalene, was on a weekend break from her master’s studies at Iowa State University and shopping in a department store ...

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.

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.

Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer who provided the music for “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died at age 84. Clausen's daughter says he died in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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.

Clausen, who also scored TV series including “Moonlighting” and “Alf,” was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards, 21 of them for “The Simpsons." ...

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.

Clausen, who also scored TV series including “Moonlighting” and “Alf,” was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards, 21 of them for “The Simpsons." ...