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On 19th October, 2011, at 18:00 Wikisimpsons time, Wikisimpsons had the opportunity to interview Chris Ledesma, music editor for The Simpsons. Ledesma was kind enough to talk to Wikisimpsons about his work on The Simpsons as well as answering questions about what he likes about The Simpsons, including his favorite episodes. Ledesma gave us some hints about future episodes and answered some questions about past episodes and other members of the music crew.

Chris explained that he was offered the job to work on The Simpsons after previously working at The Tracey Ullman Show and has now been working with the show for 23 years. Ledesma told Wikisimpsons that he felt “Amazed and relieved” when The Simpsons had been extended for 2 more seasons. When asked about the song making process on The Simpsons Ledesma explained that it takes 9 months from start to finish to create a song. Alf Clausen recieves the lyrics from the show’s writers, and composes the tune. Ledesma then teaches the song to the cast and/or guest stars. He then went on to clarify that 8 months of the song producing process is the animating.

Chris told Wikisimpsons that his favorite guest stars were U2, Dixie Chicks, Smothers Brothers, Kelsey Grammer, David Byrne, Weird Al Yankovic and Bryan Cranston. And when asked to name his favorite episode from the 490 existing episodes, Ledesma picked "Bart Sells His Soul" and "Lisa's Pony". He also told Wikisimpsons that he enjoyed "Behind the Laughter".

You can read the full transcript here.