Pasek and Paul
Year Title Notes
2016 Tom and Jerry : Back to Oz
2016 Trolls Writers of Get Back Up Again
2016 La La Land Lyrics by Pasek and Paul , music by Justin Hurwitz Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for City of Stars Won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for City of Stars Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Audition ( The Fools Who Dream )
2017 The Greatest Showman Won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for This Is Me Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for This Is Me
2019 Aladdin Wrote two new songs in collaboration with Alan Menken , including Speechless
TBA Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
TBA The Planets
TBA Dear Evan Hansen Feature film adaptation of their Broadway musical Also executive producers
Filmography
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known together as Pasek and Paul, are an American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films, and television. Their works include A Christmas Story, Dogfight, Edges, Dear Evan Hansen, and James and the Giant Peach. Their original songs have been featured on NBC's Smash and in the films La La Land, for which they won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song City of Stars, and The Greatest Showman. Their work on original musical Dear Evan Hansen has received widespread critical acclaim and earned them the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Both artists are graduates of the University of Michigan and winners of the American Theatre Wing's 2007 Jonathan Larson Award, which honors achievement by composers, lyricists and librettists.