Soul is 2021 Oscar Winner for Music (Original Score)

SOUL is the Oscars 2021 winner for Music (Original Score)! Congratulations to Trent Rezor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste on their Oscar win. During their speech, Batiste thanked the Academy, his parents and God for "those 12 notes." Batiste called the moment "a culmination of a series of miracles." Other Oscars 2021 nominees for Music (Original Score) included DA 5 BLOODS, MANK, MINARI and NEWS OF THE WORLD. SOUL is the most nominated animated feature film this year with three nominations. You can see complete coverage of Oscars 2021 winners on the Oscar Winners page and the full list of 93rd Academy Awards winners here on Oscar.com. Watch the complete acceptance speech below!

SOUL accepts the Oscar for Music (Original Score) at Oscars 2021.

Film Synopsis

A musician whose passion for jazz is all-consuming teams up with a sarcastic and well-practiced skeptic on a mission to figure out exactly what makes life worth living.

The 93rd Oscars, produced by Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh, were held on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 8e|5p, and televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.