Joshua Moshier
Composer
Joshua Moshier is an Emmy-nominated composer, songwriter and pianist creating music for series, films, interactive media and the stage. His music often explores the poignant space between drama and comedy, offering a fresh musical voice to a wide spectrum of offbeat premises, true-life inspirations and celebrated franchises.
Moshier recently scored the Warner Bros. production of the first ever Looney Tunes full-length feature, The Day the Earth Blew Up, which stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. With the composer Ryan Elder, he is finishing work on the animated series Haunted Hotel for Netflix and Titmouse.
Moshier made his scoring debut with a quirky, whimsical, highly individual score to the FX series Baskets, starring Zach Galifianakis and Louie Anderson. Subsequent projects include the Apple TV+ series The Shrink Next Door, from writer/showrunner Georgia Pritchett, starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, Peacock’s Mr. Throwback, Special (Netflix), Three Busy Debras (Adult Swim), Shrink (Peacock), Sick of It (Sky) and the main title theme to IFC’s Documentary Now! starring Bill Hader and Fred Armisen. He also scored Wendy Lobel’s documentary Anxiety Club which explores mental health through the perspectives of standup comedians.
Moshier has written and conducted over 500 minutes of music for Warner Bros. Animation’s flagship Looney Tunes Cartoons, for which he received two consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program. Selected by Apple to help tell the story of the iconic sounds of the Star Wars universe, his score can be heard in the featurette Behind the Mac: Skywalker Sound. His interactive ambisonic music and sound design can be heard in Google’s Earth VR.
In 2024 Josh independently released his much-heralded album project Semipermanence, a Tour de Force collection of art songs in the alternative jazz sphere which features standout performances by vocalists Macie Stewart, Michael Mayo, and Sabina Sciubba, and instrumentalists Jeff Parker (guitar) and Marquis Hill (trumpet).
Born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in the midwest, Joshua studied at Northwestern University, where he began collaborating with student filmmakers and working at the Interactive Audio Lab in the Computer Science department. As an improvising pianist, he found kinship in Chicago’s comedy community, which led to film collaborations with improvising actors. He segued more deeply into scoring as a fellow at the Sundance Institute Composers Lab at Skywalker Sound and the BMI Conducting Workshop. He has since operated studios from both U.S. coasts.
Selected Credits
SERIES
Haunted Hotel (Score and Main Title, Co-Composed with Ryan Elder)
Titmouse / Netflix
Director: Erica Hayes
Producers: Matt Roller, Chris McKenna, Dan Harmon, Steve Levy
Starring: Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Jimmy Simpson, Natalie Palamides
Mr. Throwback
Peacock
Director: David Wain
Producers: David Caspe, Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman, Stephen Curry
Starring: Stephen Curry, Adam Pally, Ego Nwodim, Ayden Mayeri
The Shrink Next Door (Score and Main Title)
Apple TV +
Directors: Michael Showalter, Jesse Peretz
Producers: Georgia Pritchett, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Brittney Segal
Starring: Will Ferrell, Kathryn Hahn, Paul Rudd
Baskets (Season 1 Additional Music; Season 2-4 Score)
FX Productions
Director: Jonathan Krisel
Producers: Jonathan Krisel, Zach Galifianakis, Blair Breard
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Louie Anderson, Sabina Sciubba
Documentary Now! (Main Title)
Broadway Video/IFC
Directors: Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas, Micah Gardner
Producers: Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, John Mulaney
Starring: Fred Armisen, Bill Hader
Special
Netflix
Directors: Anna Dokoza, Craig Johnson
Producers: Jim Parsons, Ryan O’Connell, Colin Frederick
Starring: Ryan O’Connell, Jessica Hecht, Punam Patel
Three Busy Debras
Adult Swim
Directors: Anna Dokoza, Joke Honig, Sandy Honig, Kati Shelton, Maegan Houang
Producers: Amy Poehler, Kim Lessing, Jonathan Caso, Victor Neumark
Starring: Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, Alyssa Stonoha
Moonbase 8 (Additional Music)
A24
Director: Jonathan Krisel
Producers: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Dave Kneebone
Starring: John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker
Sick of It
Sky One
Director: Richard Yee
Producers: Richard Yee
Starring: Sondra James, Nathan Amzi, Sophie Harkness
Shrink
NBC
Directors: Ted Tremper, Chuck Martin, Ryan McFaul
Producers: Ted Tremper, Tim Baltz, Patrick Daly, Khoby Rowe, Jonathan Stern
Starring: Tim Baltz, Mary Holland, Craig Cackowski, John Lutz
SERIES – CHILDREN AND FAMILY
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Warner Bros. Animation / HBO Max
Directors: Peter Browngardt, Ryan Kramer, Kenny Pittenger, Michael Ruocco, Max Winston
Producers: Rebecca Palatnik, Peter Browngardt, Alex Kirwan, Sam Register
Starring: Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman, Bob Bergen
*3x Emmy Nominee – Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program, Children and Family
Dragons: Rescue Riders
Netflix
Directors: T.J. Sullivan, Steve Evangelatos, Greg Rankin, Glenn Harmon,
Producers: Jack C. Thomas, Brian Roberts
Starring: Skai Jackson, Zack Callison, Marsai Martin, Nicholas Cantu
FILM
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Warner Bros. Animation / Ketchup Entertainment
Producers: Peter Browngardt, Alex Kirwan, Sam Register, Michael Baum
Starring: Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Laraine Newman
Anxiety Club (Documentary)
Director: Wendy Lobel
Producers: Wendy Lobel, Jonathan Gray, Scott Sinkler, Jeff Spivak, Janelle Draper
Starring: Marc Maron, Eva Victor, Aparna Nancherla, Baron Vaughn
Happy Anniversary
Netflix
Producers: M. Elizabeth Hughes, Marc Provissiero, Bryan DeGuire
Starring: Noël Wells, Ben Schwartz, Rahul Kohli, Annie Potts
Beneath Us
Vital Pictures
Director: Max Pachman
Producers: Luis Guerrero, Chris Lemos
Starring: Lynn Collins, Rigo Sanchez, Josue Aguirre, James Tupper
Good Enough
LaTiDa Productions
Director: AnnaRose King
Producers: Carolyn Mao, Jennifer Cho Shur
Starring: AnnaRose King, Ted Tremper, Delaney Williams, James Caan
IMMERSIVE / INTERACTIVE
Google Maps XR (Score and Sound Design)
Google Earth VR (Score and Sound Design)
Google Daydream (Music and Sound Development)
SPECIALS
SXSW Comedy with Natasha Leggero
Rooftop Comedy
Director: Steven Feinartz
Producers: Charlie Sotelo, Steven Feinartz
Starring: Natasha Leggero
SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell Showtime/Rooftop Productions
Director: Steven Feinartz
Producers: Charlie Sotelo, Steven Feinartz, Rebecca Trent
Starring: W. Kamau Bell
Taylor Williamson’s Special New Wave Entertainment
Director: Steven Feinartz
Starring: Taylor Williamson
Eddie Pepitone: In Ruins
New Wave Entertainment
Director: Steven Feinartz
Starring: Eddie Pepitone
The Jamz
The Orchard/NYTVF Productions
Director: Ted Tremper
Producer: Angie Gaffney
Starring: Kathy Najimi, David Pasquesi, Chris Petlak
SELECTED SHORT FILM
Behind the Mac: Skywalker Sound (Documentary)
Apple TV+
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Starring: Danielle Dupre, Andre Fenley, Ryan J. Frias
The Lot
Okay Fine
Director: Steven Feinartz
Starring: Natalie Palamides, Matt Braunger
Sidewalk
Director: Celia Bullwinkel
RECORDINGS
Joshua Moshier: Semipermanence (Producer, Arranger, Pianist)
Sabina Sciubba: Sleeping Dragon (Arranger, Pianist)
Marquis Hill: The Poet (Pianist)
Marquis Hill: Sounds of the City (Pianist)
Briar Rabbit: From Your Bones (Producer, Organ)
Josh Moshier & Mike Lebrun: Joy Not Jaded (Producer, Pianist)
Josh Moshier & Mike Lebrun: The Local Colorists (Producer, Pianist)
WEB SERIES
The Faith Diaries
Lifetime / A&E
Director: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
Producer: Andrew Molina
Starring: Breeda Wool, Malea Mitchell, Dot-Marie Jones
Shrink (Pilot)
Director: Ted Tremper
Producers: Tim Baltz, Steve Sullivan, Ted Tremper
Starring: Tim Baltz, Aidy Bryant, Megan Mercier
Family Heirloom (Pilot)
Director: Steve Sullivan
Starring: Jo Scott, Jeff Murdoch
Brown Girl Problems
Director: C.J. Arellano
Producer: Fawzia Mirza
Starring: Fawzia Mirza
Jason Victorious
Director: Richard Lowe
Starring: Jason Levinson, Norm Johnson, Kat Purgal
SELECTED RECOGNITIONS
Fellow, Sundance Institute Composers Lab (Narrative Film)
Participant, BMI Conducting Workshop
Participant, NYU Film Scoring Workshop
Grantee, Chamber Music America New Works Commission