Jon Batiste has landed an Academy Award nomination for best original song.
The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist earned the Oscar nod for “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, the documentary about his music career and his wife’s battle with leukemia.
Batiste co-wrote the song with Dan Wilson, known for hit songs like Adele’s “Someone Like You” and the Chicks’ “Not Ready to Make Nice.”
In 2020, Batiste won an Oscar for best original score for his work on the Pixar film Soul, an award he shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Here’s the list of nominees for this year’s Academy Award for best original song:
- “The Fire Inside” (Flamin’ Hot)
- “I’m Just Ken” (Barbie)
- “It Never Went Away” (American Symphony)
- “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- “What Was I Made For?” (Barbie)
Some of the biggest films on the list of Academy Award nominations this year are Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Holdovers, Poor Things, American Fiction, Maestro, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives, and Barbie.
