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Pixar’s new animated film Soul is the story of Joe Gardner, a middle school school music teacher with big dreams about performing jazz onstage. “Music is all I think about, from the moment I wake up in the morning to the moment I fall asleep at night,” he says. “I was born to play.”

“Born to Play” is the name of one of the movie’s many songs composed, arranged and performed by real-life musician, Jon Batiste. He was one of several of the animated film’s musical consultants, who also included Herbie Hancock, Daveed Diggs and Questlove.

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