Benj Pasek and Justin Paul grew to become EGOT winners.
The duo gained an Emmy on Sunday for “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” their unique track co-written with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for “Only Murders within the Building” on the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Pasek and Paul are the twentieth and twenty first individuals to realize EGOT standing. Both 39, they be part of fellow singer-songwriter Robert Lopez because the youngest to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. They are additionally the primary inventive workforce to turn into EGOT recipients concurrently, profitable all 4 awards collectively.
Their journey with EGOT started after they gained an Oscar in 2017 for his or her unique track “City of Stars,” featured within the movie “La La Land.” That identical yr, they gained the Tony Award for the unique rating of “Dear Evan Hansen” and gained the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the solid recording of the musical in 2018.
The couple met as freshmen on the University of Michigan and in addition wrote songs for “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” “The Greatest Showman” and “Spirited.” They are additionally contributing songs to Disney’s upcoming live-action movie “Snow White” and Pharrell Williams’ semi-autobiographical drama “Atlantis,” each scheduled for launch in 2025.
Along with Lopez, Pasek and Paul are in good firm with different EGOT composers, lyricists and songwriters: Richard Rodgers, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, John Legend, Alan Menken and, most not too long ago, Elton John.
“Which of the Pickwick triplets did it?” was expertly portrayed by Steve Martin as a part of a fictional Broadway musical within the third season of the Hulu sequence. The joke-filled track, about three youngsters suspected of killing their mom, was a supply of narrative pressure, as Martin’s character was extraordinarily nervous about performing it in full.
“The extra alliterative or explosive, the extra twists or tempo of the track, the larger the payoff for you as an viewers,” Paul instructed the Times earlier this yr. “You’re questioning, ‘Is he actually going to have the ability to do that?’”
The composition gained the Emmy for unique music and lyrics within the track “Girls5eva” “The Medium Time” by Sara Bareilles; the “True Detective: Night Country” track “No Use” by John Hawkes; The “The Tattoo Artist of Auschwitz” piece “Love Will Survive” by Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer, Walter Afanasieff and Charlie Midnight; and the “Saturday Night Live” track “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue” by Eli Brueggemann, Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo and Jake Nordwind.
“Only Murders within the Building” has 21 nominations, together with greatest comedy sequence and performances by Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd.
An edited model of the two-night Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies will air collectively on FXX at 8pm on September 14.
The Primetime Emmy Awards, which shall be held on the Peacock Theater at LA Live in Los Angeles, will air on ABC at 8pm on September 15. The ceremony shall be hosted by Eugene and Dan Levy, making them the primary father and son duo to do SO.
