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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
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
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CREDITS
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Film Orchestrator
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The Beastmaster, United Artists, 1982
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Mr. Mom, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
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Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
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Micki and Maude, Columbia, 1984
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Weird Science, Universal, 1985
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Into the Night, Universal, 1985
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My Science Project, Buena Vista, 1985
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Wise Guys, United Artists, 1986
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Paramount, 1986
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Number One with a Bullet, Cannon, 1987
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Dragnet, Universal, 1987
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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.
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Television Orchestrator
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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.
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Television Work
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Series
- Orchestra leader, Mary, CBS, 1978
- Arranger (with Bill Goldstein), Omnibus, ABC, 1980
- Music director and co-arranger, Moonlighting, ABC, 1985-1987
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WRITINGS
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Film Music
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Weird Science, Universal, 1985
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Number One with a Bullet, Cannon, 1987
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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.
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Television Music
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Series
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The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, CBS, 1979
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Moonlighting, ABC, 1985-1987
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Lime Street, ABC, 1985
- (And theme composer) Alf, NBC, 1986
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Harry, ABC, 1987
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The Simpsons, Fox, beginning in 1990
- Theme composer, Spacecats, NBC, 1991
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Movies
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Stranded, NBC, 1986
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Agatha Christie's Murder in Three Acts, CBS, 1986
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Double Agent, ABC, 1987
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The Watch Commander (also known as Police Story), ABC, 1988
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My First Love (also known as Second Chance and One MoreTime), ABC, 1988
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She Knows Too Much (also known as Lady Be Good), NBC, 1989
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Easy Come, Easy Go (also known as Christine Cromwell), ABC,1989
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Only the Good Die Young, ABC, 1990
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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.
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Specials
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Mutts (also known as Conversations with My Dog), ABC, 1988
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Channel 99, NBC, 1988
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A Very Retail Christmas, NBC, 1990
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Episodic
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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
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Variety, August 2, 1989, p. 32
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