Baskets

FX | Series

The Parisian melancholy of aspiring french clown Chip Baskets (Zach Galifianakis) meets the dusty sprawl of Bakersfield, CA in this earnest score merging strings, mandolin, kaleidoscopic synths and antique keys as Chip slowly edges towards accepting his identity as a Bakersfield Cloon.

Role

Composer

Scope

Series Score

Director

Jonathan Krisel

Starring

Zach Galifianakis, Louie Anderson and Martha Kelly

Zach Galifianakis performing in a black-and-white ruffled Pierrot clown costume under a spotlight.
Zach Galifianakis wearing clown face paint, a striped shirt, and red scarf while sitting in a cluttered dressing room.
Zach Galifianakis in clown makeup and a plush red bathrobe sitting on a counter in a laundromat reading a newspaper.
Close-up profile of Zach Galifianakis lying down smoking a cigarette with a dollar bill and coins on his chest.

“The shadows that had always underscored the laughs in the past are more out in the open now. Even the score by Joshua Moshier is lighthearted, energetic, and uplifting.”

—Hahn Nguyen, IndieWire, on Baskets

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Zach Galifianakis in a purple striped shirt resting his chin on his hand with a thoughtful expression at a table with a small Buddha statue.

Academy of Scoring Arts

Joshua Moshier and the Music of FX’s Baskets

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