Alf Clausen (1941-2025)

Anyone whose watched "The Simpsons" (the first decade, anyway) will no doubt be familiar with the underscoring and the songs, both of which (for the most part) were provided by Alf Clausen, who recently passed away. On the show, he also did witty arrangements of Danny Elfman's theme for the end credits.

But he was so much more than the people of Springfield. He provided music for TV shows such as "Moonlighting" and "ALF" ("No relation", he'd respond in regards to the title.) and served as an orchestrator for Ira Newborn (The Naked Gun, Dragnet) and Lee Holdridge (The Beastmaster, Splash). 

To this day, one can only wondering what was going through the heads of the people in charge - besides air - when Clausen was let go from "The Simpsons", which he helped define musically. Who knows?

In any event, he will be missed.