The Simpsons’ longtime composer, Alf Clausen, 76, has been fired after 27 years on the show, Vulture has confirmed. Clausen told Variety, which first broke the news, that Simpons producer Richard Sakai delivered the bad news to him, saying the show was looking for “a different kind of music.
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The news is surprising, considering Clausen’s history on the show, but not entirely so considering The Simpsons’ more recent history. In 2011, the main cast were asked to take a fairly major pay cut. So it’s possible Clausen and his 35-piece orchestra were just too costly on a weekly basis, considering that Variety notes music expenses can add up to millions of dollars per season.
Sakai’s note about treating music differently in this era of the show also rings true. “We have 90 seconds…
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