Alf Clausen, the veteran composer with two Emmy wins and 30 nominations whose whimsical scores brightened such television series as The Simpsons, Moonlighting and, purely coincidentally, ALF, has died ...

Matt Groening knows what a real theremin sounds like. As a kid who grew up on the celluloid junk food of the 1950s and ’60s, “The Simpsons” creator heard the ghostly wail of that early electronic ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

I was watching the 20 th anniversary Simpsons special when Moby popped on the screen talking about a bunch of remixes he’s done for Homer’s “Mr Plow” theme song. I’m a Simpsons geek to start with, so ...

Alf Clausen, the longtime composer on The Simpsons who scored countless iconic moments on the animated series, has died at the age of 84. The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los ...

When I asked folks for their favorite Simspons songs and musical moments this one didn’t come up much. I think that’s because it’s “hidden” in the credits of the fantastic season three ...

After 'Moonlighting' and 'ALF,' he worked on the Fox show for 27 years, then filed a lawsuit over his dismissal. By Chris Koseluk Alf Clausen, the veteran composer with two Emmy wins and 30 ...

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 ...