Benj Pasek And Justin Paul Say Steve Martin Nailed Their Challenging ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Song In Two Hours – Sound & Screen TV
deadline.comSongwriters 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.
Martin’s character, Charles-Haden Savage, struggles with “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It” until episode 8 of the season.
Unlike Savage, though, Martin nailed it in a tight two-hour time window. “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.
Even though they wrote “Pickwick Triplets,” the pair acknowledge the difficulty. “It is pretty difficult to sing a patter song,” Pasek said. “We have tried to do it and failed many times.” Martin’s challenge was exacerbated by a time crunch.
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