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Benj Pasek And Justin Paul Say Steve Martin Nailed Their Challenging ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Song In Two Hours – Sound & Screen TV


Benj Pasek and Justin Paul marveled at Steve Martin’s ability to perform their rapid-fire song in Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building.

Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul marveled at Steve Martin’s ability to perform their rapid-fire song in Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building. “He’s an incredible musician so it sort of tracks,” Paul said during a conversation at Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television live-music event, where Pasek and Paul performed the patter song from the hit Hulu series’ fictional musical Death Rattle Dazzle. When creator John Hoffman made a musical the plot of the third season, a mutual writer friend suggested Pasek and Paul, the Oscar- and Tony-winning songwriting duo whose credits include the films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, and musicals Dear Evan Hansen and A Strange Loop.

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