anyway, the early shows have been on lately, and I had always assumed Alf Clausen had done the scores, being the giant doofus that I am (after all, I DO dislike Hoosiers).

Yesterday I noticed Patrick Williams' name flash on the screen, and tonight, in an episode about Bart staving off a repeat of the fourth grade, Arthur B Rubinstein composed the score.

I think it's interesting to note the musical style of these older episodes.

anyone know of any other somewhat notable composers to have scored The Simpsons?

I do admit to having heard absolutely nothing of Rubinstein's work prior to tonight, and only have heard Williams' Jesus TV mini-series score.

oh, and my Simpsons quote of the day:
"Smiiii--tthers!!"