Jon Baptiste Wins Golden Globe for Disney Pixar’s ‘Soul’

Jon Baptiste won a Golden Globe along with fellow composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Best Motion Picture Score for Disney Pixar’s Soul.

The 78th Golden Globe ceremony was held on Sunday, February 28 on NBC. The other nominees for Best Motion Picture Score included Alexandre Desplat for The Midnight Sky, Ludwig Göransson for Tenet, James Newton Howard for News of the World, and Reznor and Ross for David Fincher’s Mank.

Congrats to Jon Baptiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on their Golden Globe win! #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobeAwards #soul

— D. Chavis (@dmchavis) March 1, 2021

As well as this award, Soul also won for Best Animated Feature.

Tracy Morgan, who announced the award, butchered the pronunciation of Soul instead saying, “Sal” and this mess up quickly went viral on Twitter.

Tracy Morgan trying to read the word ‘SOUL’ is the funniest thing of all time. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/X00JOq0l3Q

— Korked Bats (@korkedbats) March 1, 2021

Trent Rozner and Atticus Ross are best known as composers for The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Mank. Rozner was also the musician and sole member of the band Nine Inch Nails.

This was Baptiste’s first Golden Globe nomination and win. Baptiste comes from a long line of New Orleans musicians. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 nominee, musician, bandleader, and composer. Baptiste has a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School and is the bandleader and musical director of The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert. He is the musical director for The Atlantic and the creative director of the National Jazz Museum. His last album Social Media has been ranked the number one Jazz album in the world by Billboard and iTunes jazz charts. He has even been nominated in 2021 for the Grammys, Critics Choice Award, and NAACP Image Award.

Pretty much expected Soul would win Best Animated Film, but it absolutely deserves Best Original Score!! Trent Raznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Baptiste did a great job.

— Kristofer Purnell (@kjpurneII) March 1, 2021

We are thrilled to see this film and Baptiste getting the recognition they deserve. Baptiste’s new album We Are by Verve Records will be released on March 19. In the meantime, you can stream Soul on Disney+ today.