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Alf Clausen

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48 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

I'm usually given a set of script pages that contain the lyric... And I'm usually given enough pages in front of the lyric and behind the lyric so that I know what the setup of the scene is supposed to be.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

I'm usually given a set of script pages that contain the lyric... And I'm usually given enough pages in front of the lyric and behind the lyric so that I know what the setup of the scene is supposed to be.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

I'm usually given a set of script pages that contain the lyric... And I'm usually given enough pages in front of the lyric and behind the lyric so that I know what the setup of the scene is supposed to be.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And once I'm given the lyric, I'll be in conference with the producers and I'll get a scan from them as to the pacing of the lyric, what the intent of the scene is, what the ambiance of the song should be. There are times at which the lyric doesn't always match up pacing-wise line to line to line.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And once I'm given the lyric, I'll be in conference with the producers and I'll get a scan from them as to the pacing of the lyric, what the intent of the scene is, what the ambiance of the song should be. There are times at which the lyric doesn't always match up pacing-wise line to line to line.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And once I'm given the lyric, I'll be in conference with the producers and I'll get a scan from them as to the pacing of the lyric, what the intent of the scene is, what the ambiance of the song should be. There are times at which the lyric doesn't always match up pacing-wise line to line to line.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And at that point, I'll pick up the phone, talk to the producer who wrote the lyric, or if it's a combination of producers, we'll have a conference call and I'll say, you know, line number 15 has seven words and line number three has four words. So what can we do to make those match so that from a song standpoint, it's easier for me to create something in a song form.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And at that point, I'll pick up the phone, talk to the producer who wrote the lyric, or if it's a combination of producers, we'll have a conference call and I'll say, you know, line number 15 has seven words and line number three has four words. So what can we do to make those match so that from a song standpoint, it's easier for me to create something in a song form.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And at that point, I'll pick up the phone, talk to the producer who wrote the lyric, or if it's a combination of producers, we'll have a conference call and I'll say, you know, line number 15 has seven words and line number three has four words. So what can we do to make those match so that from a song standpoint, it's easier for me to create something in a song form.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

So it's a collaborative effort. They're very cooperative that way.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

So it's a collaborative effort. They're very cooperative that way.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

So it's a collaborative effort. They're very cooperative that way.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

Right.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

Right.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

Right.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

I think that my take on TV news themes in general now is that uh... somewhere along the way there has been a god of rock and roll that has reached down and grabbed every news director by the neck and said our news theme must contain rock and roll and our news theme must be synthesized because that's what the public relates to now it gives us all this excitement

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

I think that my take on TV news themes in general now is that uh... somewhere along the way there has been a god of rock and roll that has reached down and grabbed every news director by the neck and said our news theme must contain rock and roll and our news theme must be synthesized because that's what the public relates to now it gives us all this excitement

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

I think that my take on TV news themes in general now is that uh... somewhere along the way there has been a god of rock and roll that has reached down and grabbed every news director by the neck and said our news theme must contain rock and roll and our news theme must be synthesized because that's what the public relates to now it gives us all this excitement

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And that's what I tried to reach for in the Ion Springfield theme, the rock groove plus the electronic synthesized music that everybody has come to know and love.

Fresh Air
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen

And that's what I tried to reach for in the Ion Springfield theme, the rock groove plus the electronic synthesized music that everybody has come to know and love.

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