Emmy Song Category Draws Submissions From the Weeknd, Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Ronson, Pasek & Paul and Other Big Music Names
variety.comJon Burlingame Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are on the verge of EGOT status… that is, if Emmy voters nominate their song from “Only Murders in the Building” and it winds up winning three months from now.
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul — already Oscar winners for “La La Land” and Tony and Grammy winners for “Dear Evan Hansen” — could finally manage that feat with the witty comic patter song “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” sung by Steve Martin and co-written with fellow Tony and Grammy winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for the third season of the Hulu comedy-drama.
They are among the many prominent songwriters who have entered songs in this year’s Emmy competition. Voting began Thursday, with approximately 550 members of the Television Academy music peer group eligible to vote in seven music categories.
Voting ends June 24 and the nominations will be announced July 17. Another pair of Oscar and Grammy winners, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“A Star Is Born,” “Barbie”), have entered “Sweet Morning Heat” from Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix comedy “Unfrosted,” while Sara Bareilles is offering “The Medium Time” from the same streamer’s “Girls5eva.” She’s been Emmy-nominated three times without a win.
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