Alf Clausen

**Alf Faye Heiberg Clausen** (Maris 28, 1941 - Mayu 29, 2025) mawakin fina-finai da talabijin ne na Amurka. Ya fi shahara da aikinsa wajen rubuta shirye-shirye da dama na *[[The Simpsons]]*, wanda shi kaɗai ne mawaƙin da ya yi wa waƙa tsakanin 1990 da 2017. Clausen ya rubuta waƙa ko ya tsara waƙa a fina-finai da shirye-shiryen talabijin sama da 30, ciki har da *Moonlighting*, *The Naked Gun*, *ALF* da *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* . Clausen ya sami digirin girmamawa na Digiri na Kiɗa daga Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Berklee a 1996. 

## Rayuwar farko, iyali da ilimi
An haifi Clausen a Minneapolis, Minnesota, a ranar 28 ga Maris, 1941.   Ya girma a Jamestown, North Dakota .   Clausen yana sha'awar kiɗa tun yana ƙarami. Ya ƙirga mawaƙi Henry Mancini a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin jaruman sa; littafinsa *mai suna Sounds and Scores* ya ba shi kwarin gwiwa.  Ya fara buga ƙahon Faransa a aji na bakwai kuma ya koyi piano; kuma ya rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta makarantar sakandare.   Ya ci gaba da wasa kuma ya koyi buga guitar bass, yana daina waƙa saboda ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta haɗu a lokaci guda da ƙungiyar mawaƙa. 

Ya yi karatun injiniyan injiniya a Jami'ar Jihar North Dakota, duk da cewa, bayan da ɗan uwansa mai buga piano ya yi masa wahayi, ya canza babban karatunsa zuwa ka'idar kiɗa .  Yayin da yake can, Clausen ya ɗauki kwas ɗin wasiƙa a Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Berklee ta Boston a fannin rubuce-rubucen jazz da manyan ƙungiyoyi .  Ya ci gaba da zuwa Jami'ar Wisconsin-Madison don kammala digirinsa na biyu, amma ya daina, saboda bai son wurin ba, musamman abin da ya ji kamar "ƙin jazz".  Daga baya ya halarci Berklee kuma ya kammala karatunsa da difloma a fannin shiryawa da tsara waƙa a 1966.   Clausen shi ne ɗan wasan ƙaho na Faransa na farko da ya taɓa halartar kwalejin kuma ya shiga cikin ƙungiyoyi da yawa; an kuma nuna shi a wasu waƙoƙin *Jazz a cikin kundin Aji* . 

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatu, Clausen ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mawaƙi. [1] Bayan ya sami digirinsa na biyu a Berklee, Clausen ya koyar a can na tsawon shekara guda.

Clausen ya koma Los Angeles, California, a shekarar 1967 don neman aikin talabijin, yana son zama cikakken mawaƙi.   Tsawon shekaru tara ya yi wasu ayyukan shirya wa mawaka, rubutun fatalwa da sauran ayyukan waƙa, kamar waƙoƙin kasuwanci,  da kuma aiki a matsayin malami, mai kwafin waƙa da kuma mai buga bass.  Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kwafin waƙa a kan "Come On Get Happy", waƙar jigon waƙar *The Partridge Family* .  Daga ƙarshe ya zama marubucin waƙoƙi sannan daga baya ya zama darektan kiɗa kuma mai shirya waƙa ga *Donny &amp;amp; Marie* tsakanin 1976 da 1979. Da farko, an nemi ya rubuta jadawalin gaggawa na washegari, amma an ɗauke shi aiki a matsayin marubucin maki kuma ya ci gaba da rubutu da gudanar da wasan kwaikwayon, kafin ya maye gurbin Tommy Oliver a matsayin darektan kiɗa. Lokacin da wasan kwaikwayon ya koma Utah, Clausen ya tashi zuwa can kowane mako daga Los Angeles don yin rikodin maki.  Ya taka rawa iri ɗaya a cikin fim ɗin *The Mary Tyler Moore Hour* a shekarar 1979.  A shekarar 1981 aka zaɓe shi don kyautar Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Music Direction don *Omnibus* . 

Sauran waƙoƙin da ya rera a talabijin sun haɗa da Wizards and Warriors (1983), Fame (1984), Lime Street (1985), [1] Christine Cromwell (1989), da My Life and Times (1991) da kuma fina-finan talabijin Murder in Three Acts (1986), Double Agent (1987), Police Story: The Watch Commander (1988), My First Love (1988), She Knows Too Much (1989), da kuma fim ɗin da ya ƙunshi Number One with a Bullet (1987). [2] Ya kuma jagoranci ƙungiyar makaɗa kuma, ga wasu, ya samar da ƙarin kiɗa ga fina-finai da dama ciki har da The Beastmaster (1982), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Splash (1984), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Dragnet (1987), da The Naked Gun (1988). [2]

### ''The Simpsons'' da sauran ayyukansa

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
A watan Afrilun 2020, Clausen ya bayyana cewa an gano yana da cutar Parkinson, kodayake daga baya an ruwaito cewa rashin lafiyarsa ta kasance ci gaba a cikin supranuclear palsy, wanda galibi ana kuskuren gane shi a matsayin Parkinson.   Clausen ya mutu a gidansa da ke Los Angeles, a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 2025, yana da shekaru 84.   

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