Westport’s Justin Paul and partner Benj Pasek tonight won a Golden Globe Award with their tune “This Is Me” from the P.T. Barnum biopic “The Greatest Showman.”
Justin Paul (l) and Benj Pasek accept their Golden Globe Award tonight for “This Is Me.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Golden Globes photo via Twitter
The composers, who last year triumphed in the Golden Globes with “City of Stars” from “La La Land” and went on to win an Oscar, appear favorites to repeat at the Oscars this year with their latest effort.
If they do, Pasek and Paul, a 2003 Staples High School graduate, would be the first songwriters to score consecutive victories in the category since Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer won for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961) and “Days of Wine and Roses” (1962).
Among all feature films contending in Best Original Song, animated and documentaries aside, “This Is Me” is the sole song to have been nominated at both the Critics’ Choice Awards and Golden Globes.
