Alf Clausen
Alf Clausen (born March 28, 1941 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American composer who is best known for his compositions for television series .
Alf Clausen studied music at North Dakota State University , the University of Wisconsin and the Berklee College of Music in Boston .
He wrote u. a. the music for the TV series Das Model und der Schnüffler , The Simpsons and Alf .
Filmography (selection)
- As an orchestrator and arranger
- 1982: Beastmaster - The Liberator (Beastmaster)
- 1983: Mr. Mom
- 1984: Splash (Splash)
- 1984: The turbo-horny rubber boat (Up the Creek)
- 1985: LISA - The bright madness (Weird Science)
- 1986: Ferris goes blue (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
- As a composer
- 1985–1986: The Model and the Sniffer ( Moonlighting , TV series)
- 1986: Deadly Parties (Murder in Three Acts)
- 1986–1990: Alf (TV series)
- 1989-2017: The Simpsons ( The Simpsons , TV series)
- 1994–1995: The Critic (TV series)
- 1998: Half Baked - Completely high and crazy (Half Baked)
Awards
Clausen won the Emmy in 1997 and 1998 (for The Simpsons ) and was nominated a total of twenty-eight other times for this award (including six times for The Model and the Snoop , twenty-one times for The Simpsons ).
Web links
- Alf Clausen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of Alf Clausen
- Works by and about Alf Clausen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about the Alf Clausen Orchestra in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Clausen, Alf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota |