Lia Vollack is a record executive. In 1974, she moved to New York City, where she would find work as a sound designer for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows such as On the Waterfront and The Heidi Chronicles; she continued working as a sound effects freelancer and music editor until 1997, when she was hired by Sony. She has since become the main force behind the release of soundtracks and film scores for films released by Sony Pictures. She is the creator of the record label Madison Gate, dedicated to publishing film music that might otherwise go unreleased, and has been named to the Billboard Power 100 list on multiple occasions.
Lia runs the live entertainment arm of Sony Pictures, and I expect we’ll be hearing a lot from Lia and her corporate crew over the next decade.
In the meantime, you’ll hear a lot from her on this podcast including . . .
- How being terrified as a child led her to fall in love with the theater.
- How graduating from high school at age 15 prepared her for a career in film and on Broadway.
- What Broadway can learn from the way Hollywood tests its products.
- The best place to train (literally!) if you want to be a Producer. (Hint: it ain’t college.)
- One of the best responses to the Genie question yet.
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