Tracy Morgan blames 'Soul' mispronunciation on thinking about pizza

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated 3/1/21

Soul was impressive at Sunday night's 78th Golden Globes Awards, but not quite impressive enough to stop Tracy Morgan from daydreaming about pizza.

The 52-year-old actor presented the award for best original score, and when announcing Soul as the winner, Morgan pronounced it as "Sal":

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

"Sorry SOUL," Morgan tweeted. "I was thinking about the pizza I was going to get from my guy SAL on the way home!!"

Soul also claimed victory for best animated motion picture:

They put the soul in Soul. Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste win the award for Best Original Score in a Motion Picture at The #GoldenGlobes. pic.twitter.com/CLo0nWhAsm
— NBC Entertainment (@nbc) March 1, 2021

Congratulations to Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor), Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste (@JonBatiste) - Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Soul (@PixarSoul). - #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/ZySVtWtrJ4
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) March 1, 2021

Congratulations to Soul (@PixarSoul) - Best Motion Picture - Animated. - #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/IHa1xFrim5
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) March 1, 2021

These two wins are only a drop in the overflowing bucket of awards recognition Soul has gotten. The Disney and Pixar film took inspiration from Coco and Inside Out to execute an entirely unique story about middle school music teacher Joe Gardner as he tries to save his soul from a near-death experience in time to make it to his long-awaited big break in jazz.

Joe is voiced by Jamie Foxx. The star-studded voiceover cast also boasts Tina Fey, who co-hosted the Golden Globes with Amy Poehler, as well as Angela Bassett, Phylicia Rashad and Graham Norton. Pete Doctor ( Inside Out, Up, Monsters, Inc.) and Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami) are credited as directors and writers.

As for the best original score in question, it was composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The soundtrack also included songs by Grammy-nominated Jon Batiste.

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