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[Chairmanchuck]

tbh didnt they reuse a lot of music in the later seasons?

Just finished watching Season 27 and it seems every episode is using music from the last few years instead of original stuff (besides the "musical numbers" they had in this season).

 

[hateradio]

I just wish everyone would stop watching the show, so that it would stop.

 

[nbcjr]

Is canyonero a song he composed?

 

[Fancyarcher]

tbh didnt they reuse a lot of music in the later seasons?

Just finished watching Season 27 and it seems every episode is using music from the last few years instead of original stuff (besides the "musical numbers" they had in this season).

It's a pretty common tactic in comedy shows, basically it's a music library that they pulled from. The Simpsons hasn't really been using music so prominent these past few seasons anyway, aside from the attempts to cringely appealing to generation Z.

 

[GKSilKamina]

Sounds like Dragon Quest music lol

Seriously. You could stick this song in one of the DQ Symphonic Suites as one of the "happy village themes" and it wouldn't sound out of place at all.

 

[glaurung]

Guess they're hiring Lady Gaga as the replacement to fuck up the show even more.

 

[Wiped89]

The Simpsons now is just awful. I try go switch on a new episode and it's just...painful. People here who say 'don't watch it then' don't understand how the creation of so many crap series dilutes The Simpsons' legacy.

Like if I was showing it to a friend and I switched on a random episode, it is more likely than not that that episode would be crap.

I have never known another show able to so easily carry on for so long despite such an appalling drop in quality and creativity.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Firing him over the phone? Fuck that.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Different kind of music?

Oh boy.

Gotta make space for those laughter tracks.

 

[HazySaiyan]

New composer:

 

[Fox Mulder]

The Simpsons now is just awful. I try go switch on a new episode and it's just...painful. People here who say 'don't watch it then' don't understand how the creation of so many crap series dilutes The Simpsons' legacy.

Like if I was showing it to a friend and I switched on a random episode, it is more likely than not that that episode would be crap.

I have never known another show able to so easily carry on for so long despite such an appalling drop in quality and creativity.

It's a historic show and the shit will fall away in time. It's like two different shows anyways from it's peak.

I haven't watched since season 9 maybe, then the movie. I don't give a shit about the current stuff and it won't ruin the show for me.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Reminds me of the Bungie situation...dude was probably just too expensive to keep on the payroll so they cut him.

 

[iidesuyo]

When someone told me that Alf Clausen composed the Alf theme, I thought it was a joke, but that's the way it is.

 

[sfedai0]

I will hug my S2-S8 DVDs. We wont get any animation series that amazing ever.

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

He didn't even create new music they much he reused and remixed old tracks

 

[FyreWulff]

Sad to be honest, shitting on the legacy. I wonder what Matt Groening feels about this.

Also, all the simpsons references in the comments. LOL.

from Vanity Fair

Clausen uses a 35-piece orchestra every week — something that "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening insisted upon from the start of the show. Including costs of musicians, recording studios, and orchestration, expenses routinely run into the millions of dollars per year. Danny Elfman's "Simpsons" theme is expected to be retained.

looks like Fox is just being cheap and tightening the belts as the show nears ending.

 

[Sanjuro]

The Simpsons now is just awful. I try go switch on a new episode and it's just...painful. People here who say 'don't watch it then' don't understand how the creation of so many crap series dilutes The Simpsons' legacy.

Like if I was showing it to a friend and I switched on a random episode, it is more likely than not that that episode would be crap.

I have never known another show able to so easily carry on for so long despite such an appalling drop in quality and creativity.

Do "bad" seasons of SNL dilute its legacy? NBA?

 

[ComradeZero]

Do "bad" seasons of SNL dilute its legacy? NBA?

SNL goes through highs and lows on a regular basis. The Simpsons have been on a low for well over a decade.

 

[SpinningBirdKick]

It will be about the money. It's always about the money.

The Simpsons old timers will be raking in huge fees for a season. I can't imagine things will be any different for a long time composer.

 

[Catvoca]

When someone told me that Alf Clausen composed the Alf theme, I thought it was a joke, but that's the way it is.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Reminds me of the Bungie situation...dude was probably just too expensive to keep on the payroll so they cut him.

I don't think that was a comparable situation considering O'Donnell was fired from the company and the legal case which happened as a result of his unfair dismissal was ruled in his favour.

 

[Ushojax]

They stopped caring about the writing and acting years ago, I'm surprised it took this long for them to stop caring about the music.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I hope the new music is more edgy and in your face.

 

[Sanjuro]

SNL goes through highs and lows on a regular basis. The Simpsons have been on a low for well over a decade.

For some, it's been close to forty years for SNL.

 

[FairyD]

I just wish everyone would stop watching the show, so that it would stop.

I'll never stop.

 

[pswii60]

Still find it incredible that its still going. The last time I enjoyed it was the 90s.

 

[Auctopus]

This pretty much kills any chance of my dream vinyl happening as well.

I'd have loved a The Simpsons OST vinyl at some point - maybe the original songs but mainly all the themes they used with the orchestra through the years. The fight theme used for whenever Bart and Milhouse tumble or the Spring theme (which is a bit of a rip-off of Four Seasons) whenever they showed the national forest.

But I'm guessing it'd need sign off from Fox and Clausen now and some sort of deal.

 

[Tobor]

Is he going back to Melmac?

Joke works in two ways. Before the Simpsons, he was the composer on the entire run of Alf.

 

[Griegite]

He learned that he was fired from an email. What a way to show gratitude for many years of work!


https://twitter.com/TheAlfClausen/status/903149595265572864

 

[Z3M0G]

This show should have ended with dignity a decade ago... I haven't even watched it in 13+ years.

When the movie released would have been the perfect time. A new Simpsons movie every few years. I think that would have been pretty great.

 

[Alebrije]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1425821

Thx , now makes sense.

 

[Txαi]

Fun fact... before they re-animated the opening sequence for the HD era transition in Season 20, Lisa's saxophone was inexplicably colored blue - despite the fact that it always looked normal when featured in episodes.

Might have been a way to make it stand out in the background. Had it normal colors, it wouldn't be nearly as noticed.

 

[Socreges]

"Wow, chocolate... half price"

Wait, that was an original? I always thought he'd sampled a classic. It's perfect

 

[Nekketsu Kõha]

He learned that he was fired from an email. What a way to show gratitude for many years of work!


https://twitter.com/TheAlfClausen/status/903149595265572864

 

[Socreges]

Clausen uses a 35-piece orchestra every week — something that “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening insisted upon from the start of the show. Including costs of musicians, recording studios, and orchestration, expenses routinely run into the millions of dollars per year.

They probably determined they didn't need this added expense to maintain the show's popularity. Fair.

Firing him over email, though. That's fucked.

 

[Shin K Dash]

I will hug my S2-S8 DVDs. We wont get any animation series that amazing ever.

unfortunately... No writing team will be wiling to put in the work that team for those seasons did

He learned that he was fired from an email. What a way to show gratitude for many years of work!


https://twitter.com/TheAlfClausen/status/903149595265572864

wow.. that is disgusting

 

[LiK]

What an awful way to treat someone who's contributed to the show for so long.

 

[UberTag]

I just wish everyone would stop watching the show, so that it would stop.

I'll never stop.

That's dedication right there.
Hell, I even stopped watching once.

<shakes fist at Season 11>

 

[Saucestin_Roast]

One of the last remaining good things about the show is now gone. Ugh.

 

[Futureman]

Dude is almost 80 years old. I don't like or watch the new Simpsons but I can understand a cartoon wanting to try some fresher, younger talent.

 

[ZedLeppelin006]

The greedy bastards, the show is well past its expiry as it is.

 

[NastyBook]

Damn, how unceremonious and undignified. They should've let him hit 30 and retire.

 

[msdstc]

There's an animation error in this GIF and now I cannot stop staring at it.

I just don't understand why you would say that without pointing it out. I know what it is due to the poster above, but posts like this are the worst.

 

[wbEMX]

He learned that he was fired from an email. What a way to show gratitude for many years of work!


https://twitter.com/TheAlfClausen/status/903149595265572864

I had the feeling that the Simpsons team never respected Clausen enough. I mean, he wasn't even asked to compose the music for The Simpsons Movie, for fucks sake. Stuff like this is infuriating to read. But that's Hollywood, I guess.

 

[shadowkat]

He learned that he was fired from an email. What a way to show gratitude for many years of work!


https://twitter.com/TheAlfClausen/status/903149595265572864

That's pretty fucked up.

I was digging through my cds and I actually found The Simmons soundtrack that I had. I should listen to it.

 

[Diprosalic]

he's 76, does he really want to score shitty cartoons anymore?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Is he going back to Melmac?

 

[Catvoca]

I had the feeling that the Simpsons team never respected Clausen enough. I mean, he wasn't even asked to compose the music for The Simpsons Movie, for fucks sake. Stuff like this is infuriating to read. But that's Hollywood, I guess.

On the Simpsons movie, he said "sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug"

Damn, that's fucked up.

https://web.archive.org/web/2007121...om/television/interviews/2007/alf_clausen.htm

 

[Liamario]

Just shit all over the show's legacy, why don't ya?

The show soiled itself nearly 2 decades ago.

 

[Compbros]

Do "bad" seasons of SNL dilute its legacy? NBA?

SNL shows themselves have been mixed bags even during its hay day. But a skit based show will have skits or moments standout more than the show or season as a whole.