Alf Clausen accuses Simpsons producers of continuing to lie about why he was fired – The A.V. Club
Alf Clausen in 2016Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez for ASCAP (Getty Images)
Former Simpsons composer Alf Clausen’s lawsuit against Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox, and the show’s new owners at Disney continues to be unsurprisingly bitter, with Clausen’s attorneys now releasing a statement (via Deadline) that accuses the defendants of using “lies and deceit” to cover up the real reason for why Clausen was fired from the show in 2017. Even when that news initially broke, there were conflicting theories about why Clausen was given the boot: Insiders said that Simpsons producer Richard Sakai wanted a “different kind of music” for the show (after nearly 30 years of the same kind of music), while Variety guessed that it was actually about money (as Clausen’s orchestra would apparently cost millio...