‘Only Murders in the Building’ Composer and Songwriters on the ‘Pure Joy’ of Crafting Season 3’s Big Musical Numbers | How I Did It

Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Siddhartha Khosla unpack the Hulu series’ big musical season and that “Pickwick Triplets” number

When it came time to bring a musical to life for “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3, the Hulu series’ producers turned to the best: songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek. Their Oscar-winning credits range from “La La Land” to “The Greatest Showman” and their Tony-winning bona fides include Broadway’s “A Strange Loop” and “Dear Evan Hansen.” In short, they were the perfect fit to help craft the music for a storyline in which Martin Short’s Oliver Putnam stages his own murder mystery play.

“We’re really trying to hone in on the DNA of that style of musical that Oliver Putnam would create, given all of his various Broadway outings.

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