Studio Soundtracks takes listeners behind the scenes of how music is crafted for film and television by hearing directly from composers, songwriters and music professionals in the Entertainment Industry. Listen to inspiring conversations about composition and hear works from Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar-winning film scores on the show.

ARON FORBES
Aron Forbes is an Emmy-nominated and multi-platinum songwriter, producer, and music director known for his work with Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Conan Gray, Banks, Halsey and many other artists. A serious guitar player from an early age, he grew up performing and studying jazz and later graduated from the USC Thornton School of Music. Aron began music directing in 2009 and has since worked with artists on their SNL, Grammy, Late Night, Oscars and arena tour performances. He recently music directed and executed the music mix for Olivia Rodrigo’s concert film, “Sour Prom”. He is nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the Billie Eilish Documentary “The World’s A Little Blurry” in Music Direction and Sound Mixing.

LIZA RICHARDSON
Liza Richardson’s career as a radio broadcaster started in Dallas, TX at KNON then KERA. At NPR’s flagship KCRW in Santa Monica, CA, she championed poetry, world music and eclectic sounds from every corner of the universe. Her curated mixtapes present international music, roots, dance, hip hop and jazz, and are on-demand via her Spotify profile.

Along with her team at Mad Doll Music, Liza has music supervised small screen classics like Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, Leftovers, Watchmen, Hawaii Five-0 and Lovecraft Country. Currently she helms Narcos, Barry, Outer Banks, The Morning Show, The Rookie, Equalizer. In 2003, she was nominated for a Grammy for Y Tu Mama Tambien. 2020 brought an Emmy nod for her work on Watchmen and in 2021 she’s been nominated again for Lovecraft Country. Liza’s credits include the first handful of iPod silhouette spots, films Spenser Confidential, Why Him, A Dog’s Purpose, Lords of Dogtown, Surf’s Up, The Kids Are All Right and quintessential Mexican gem Y Tu Mama Tambien.

Liza is from Phoenix, AZ and holds a BFA in theater and dance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Find her on Instagram @lizarichardson

Studio Soundtracks is made possible in part by the generous support of Spitfire Audio, makers of inspiring sounds and scoring tools for film, in collaboration with the world’s best composers, musicians and engineers. More details available at spitfireaudio.com

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