Hollywood Records has released the original song Everyone Is Horrid Except Me (And Possibly You) from The Simpsons episode Panic on the Streets of Springfield. The track is written by episode writer Tim Long and Academy Award winner Bret McKenzie (The Muppets, Flight of the Conchords) and performed by Quilloughby with Lisa Simpson. Visit Amazon or any other digital music service to stream/download the song. Also check out the official music video and listen to the full track after the jump. Panic on the Streets of Springfield follows Lisa as she becomes obsessed with an imaginary friend, a depressed British singer from the 1980s (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).
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Bleeding Fingers Music Taking Over Scoring Duties on ‘The Simpsons’
The music production house Bleeding Fingers Music has taken over scoring duties on the Fox animated series The Simpsons. Hans Zimmer and Russell Emanuel serve as score producers and Steven Kofsky is credited as the score executive producer. The composers are replacing Alf Clausen who has scored most of the episodes of the previous 28 seasons of the series. Danny Elfman’s main titles theme for the show is still being used. Zimmer has previously scored 2007’s The Simpsons Movie.
‘The Simpsons’ Fires Composer Alf Clausen
Variety is reporting that Alf Clausen has been fired from the Fox animated series The Simpsons. The composer who is also known for his music for ALF and Moonlighting has been scoring over 560 episodes of the show since the second season in 1990. Clausen received two Emmy Awards for his work on the series and another 21 Emmy nominations between 1992 and 2011. He also won five Annie Awards, as well as numerous ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards for his Simpsons music. No word yet on who will be taking over Clausen’s job for the show’s twenty-ninth season, which is set to premiere on October 1, 2017 on Fox.