Alf Clausen Biography (1941-)

Full name, Alf Heiberg Clausen; born March 28, 1941, in Minneapolis, MN; sonof Alf and Magdalene (maiden name, Heiberg) Clausen; married Judy Kaye Landstrom, June 5, 1965; children: Karen Leigh, Scott Owen, Kyle Evan. Addresses: Agent: Bart-Milander Associates, 4146 Lankershim Blvd., Suite 300, North Hollywood, CA 91602.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Composer, orchestrator
Birth Details
March 28, 1941
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Orchestrator
  • The Beastmaster, United Artists, 1982
  • Mr. Mom, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
  • Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
  • Micki and Maude, Columbia, 1984
  • Weird Science, Universal, 1985
  • Into the Night, Universal, 1985
  • My Science Project, Buena Vista, 1985
  • Wise Guys, United Artists, 1986
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Paramount, 1986
  • Number One with a Bullet, Cannon, 1987
  • Dragnet, Universal, 1987
  • The Naked Gun--From the Files of Police Squad!, Paramount, 1988
  • Also orchestrator for Buddy, Buddy; Jinxed; Table for Five; Up the Creek; Miracles; Lots of Luck; and TheLast Starfighter.
  • Television Orchestrator
  • Movies
  • Orchestrator for Happy Endings; Remembrance of Love; Miss All-American Beauty; This Is Kate Bennett; For Ladies Only; The Other Lover; Letting Go; The Long Way Home; Sparkling Cyanide; Princess Daisy; Quarterback Princess; Caribbean Mystery; I Want to Live; Legs; Six Months withan Older Woman; Two of a Kind; Listen to Your Heart; and Mirrors.
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Orchestra leader, Mary, CBS, 1978
  • Arranger (with Bill Goldstein), Omnibus, ABC, 1980
  • Music director and co-arranger, Moonlighting, ABC, 1985-1987
  • WRITINGS
  • Film Music
  • Weird Science, Universal, 1985
  • Number One with a Bullet, Cannon, 1987
  • Dragnet, Universal, 1987
  • Composer (uncredited) for Force: Five; An Eye for an Eye; Fast Walking; Forced Vengeance; Airplane II: The Sequel;and The Journey of Natty Gann.
  • Television Music
  • Series
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, CBS, 1979
  • Moonlighting, ABC, 1985-1987
  • Lime Street, ABC, 1985
  • (And theme composer) Alf, NBC, 1986
  • Harry, ABC, 1987
  • The Simpsons, Fox, beginning in 1990
  • Theme composer, Spacecats, NBC, 1991
  • Movies
  • Stranded, NBC, 1986
  • Agatha Christie's Murder in Three Acts, CBS, 1986
  • Double Agent, ABC, 1987
  • The Watch Commander (also known as Police Story), ABC, 1988
  • My First Love (also known as Second Chance and One MoreTime), ABC, 1988
  • She Knows Too Much (also known as Lady Be Good), NBC, 1989
  • Easy Come, Easy Go (also known as Christine Cromwell), ABC,1989
  • Only the Good Die Young, ABC, 1990
  • In Vino Veritas, ABC, 1990
  • Also composer for Happy Endings; Remembrance of Love; Miss All-American Beauty; This Is Kate Bennett; For Ladies Only; The Other Lover; Letting Go; and The Long Way Home.
  • Specials
  • Mutts (also known as Conversations with My Dog), ABC, 1988
  • Channel 99, NBC, 1988
  • A Very Retail Christmas, NBC, 1990
  • Episodic
  • The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour, ABC, 1978
  • Composer for episodes of Father Murphy; Little House on the Prairie; Shell Game; The Mississippi; Fame; Wizardsand Warriors; Partners in Crime; Dads; Bronk; Jigsaw; The FBI; Ripley's Believe It or Not; Scene of the Crime; and Trauma Center.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • Variety, August 2, 1989, p. 32