Jon Batiste is an American musician. He co-scored the Academy Award-winning animated film Soul, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Batiste has released the albums Beethoven Blues, WE ARE, and World Music Radio. His most popular songs include Sunshine In The Room with James Bay, Dusklight Movement, and Für Elise - Batiste. Batiste has also appeared in the documentary Oscar Peterson: Black + White, the film The Color Purple, and the film Saturday Night.