and are the latest artists to achieve EGOT status, winning the Emmy for best original music and lyrics for their composition, alongside Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?.” The duo, who took home the trophy Sunday, during the , beat out fellow nominees Sara Bareilles for ‘s “The Medium Time”; the team of Eli Brueggemann, Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo and Jake Nordwind for “Mother” from the variety series’ Mother’s Day episode; ‘s Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, Walter Afanasieff and Charlie Midnight for “Love Will Survive” and ‘s John Hawkes for “No Use.” The duo the best original song Oscar for “City of Stars” from and the best musical theater album Grammy for , which also won them a Tony for best original score.
They later won a best compilation soundtrack Grammy for and best musical Tony for their work as producers on . Pasek and Paul were in 2018 for the song “In the Market for a Miracle,” where they lost to Brueggemann and his SNL colleagues for The “Pickwick Triplets” patter song is featured in the and is performed by star Steve Martin, whose character, Charles-Haden Savage, struggles to master the fast-paced tune. He finally gets it during the episode “Sitzprobe.
” The writing team contacted Pasek and Paul to help make the series’ “Death Rattle Dazzle” musical feel as real as possible, with the pair also bringing other well-known Broadway songwriters, including Shaiman, Wittman.