Piane graduated from New York University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Music in Composition . He has worked closely with composer and songwriter Marc Shaiman ; the two have collaborated on such films as '' Team America : World Police '' , '' Rumor Has It ... '' and '' Hairspray '' , as well as the Broadway show '' Martin Short : Fame Becomes Me '' , and the 76th Academy Awards . Piane received a Recording Industry Association of America Platinum Album Award for his production work on New Line Records ' '' Hairspray : Soundtrack to the Motion Picture '' , which was also nominated for a Grammy Award . Piane scored the music for the 2006 musical '' In Your Dreams '' , which was written by Zeke Farrow
76th Academy Awards
76th Academy Awards
Lucian Piane