COMPOSER

Alf Clausen

1941 - 2025

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Alf Faye Heiberg Clausen (March 28, 1941 – May 29, 2025) was an American film and television composer. He is 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, including Moonlighting, The Naked Gun, ALF and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Clausen received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alf Clausen is the 1,170th most popular composer, the 6,894th most popular biography from United States and the 73rd most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Alf Clausen ranks 1,170 out of 1,451. Before him are John Corigliano, Arthur Benjamin, Conlon Nancarrow, William Schuman, Francisco Mignone, and Jeanne Demessieux. After him are Kōsaku Yamada, Michel Colombier, Valeri Brainin, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, and Melchior Vulpius.

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Among people born in 1941, Alf Clausen ranks 424. Before him are Howden Ganley, Tim Hardin, Max Baucus, Kurt Axelsson, Gianfranco Terenzi, and Václav Mašek. After him are Gilbert Kaplan, Zlatko Škorić, Wasim Sajjad, Gjermund Eggen, Aminata Sow Fall, and Mario Trevi. Among people deceased in 2025, Alf Clausen ranks 112. Before him are Georgios Roubanis, Lima, Nina Grebeshkova, Nadia Cassini, Garth Hudson, and Ján Zachara. After him are Buvaisar Saitiev, Manolo el del bombo, Bruce Glover, Roy Thomas Baker, Jean-Louis Debré, and James Foley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alf Clausen ranks 6,894 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Alaimo (1942), Richard Benjamin (1938), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Richard Gant (1944), Betty Field (1913), and Robert Trump (1948). After him are Charles Greene (1945), Sam Altman (1985), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), Horace W. Babcock (1912), and Mike Larrabee (1933).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Alf Clausen ranks 73. Before him are Leigh Harline (1907), Paul Whiteman (1890), Jonathan Larson (1960), John Corigliano (1938), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), and William Schuman (1910). After him are Brad Fiedel (1951), Marco Beltrami (1966), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Mark Snow (1946), Leonard Slatkin (1944), and William Bolcom (1938).

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