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Fiasco Season 5 theme song by Spatial Relations.
Credits song: “I’ll Say Goodbye” by Rock Hudson.
Additional music: “Could I Leave You” courtesy of Herald Square Music, Inc.
Original music for this series written by Edith Mudge. Additional music by Nick Slyvester of Godmode, Joel St. Julien, as well as Dan English, Noah Hecht, and Joe Valle. .