The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
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Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#2...because the music is the problem with Simpsons these days? smh
Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#3> “We have 90 seconds more of commercials in the show today than we did 20 years ago,” Simpsons music editor Chris Ledesma previously told me. “Think about it: a two-minute song, which by song standards is very short, but a two-minute song in The Simpsons today would represent nearly 10 percent of the entire air time. You’re not going to get a two-minute song like you did back then.”
Then you better make that two minute song a damned good one, no?
Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#4> “We have 90 seconds more of commercials in the show today than we did 20 years ago,” Simpsons music editor Chris Ledesma previously told me. “Think about it: a two-minute song, which by song standards is very short, but a two-minute song in The Simpsons today would represent nearly 10 percent of the entire air time. You’re not going to get a two-minute song like you did back then.” Then you better make that two min…
I believe this is appropriate.
The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk]
Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#5Yeah the Simpsons seems to have jumped the shark a long time ago.
This will free Alf for more interesting assignments or maybe for a well deserved retirement
Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#6Probably has a lot to do with the fact that you have 30 years of music queues you can draw from now. Instead of having a 35 piece orchestra score each episode, they can just re-use.
Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#7> “We have 90 seconds more of commercials in the show today than we did 20 years ago,” Simpsons music editor Chris Ledesma previously told me. “Think about it: a two-minute song, which by song standards is very short, but a two-minute song in The Simpsons today would represent nearly 10 percent of the entire air time. You’re not going to get a two-minute song like you did back then.” Then you better make that two min…
I believe this is appropriate. The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk ]
That's actually a pretty great video. I'll admit I don't hate the new simpsons but there is something different about them that I couldn't put into words, this video does a good job doing that.
Re: The Simpsons Fires Longtime Composer and ‘Secret Weapon’ Alf Clausen
#8Yeah the Simpsons seems to have jumped the shark a long time ago. This will free Alf for more interesting assignments or maybe for a well deserved retirement
Possibly eating cats... >_>