Conversations with Scott Liggett

Today we’d like to introduce you to Scott Liggett.

Hi Scott, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Born in Detroit and raised in San Marino, CA Scott Liggett is a national Emmy Award-winning music & audio producer who continues to enjoy a long and successful career as a musician, singer/songwriter, music supervisor, arranger, composer, producer, and executive. In 2022 he was awarded the Hollywood Music In Media Award for best music score production at the Griffith Observatory”s “Signs of Life” planetarium show.

Scott received his classical training at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music (1967-1971). He then performed as a singer/songwriter for 5 years in the popular San Francisco group, The Stuart Little Band. Moving to Lake Tahoe in 1974, he played guitar and trumpet in the house orchestras for 2 years at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe/Reno and Sahara Lake Tahoe Resort performing with the biggest stars in the world. Still in Lake Tahoe, he founded a live-stage production company and produced original shows for 2-years in Las Vegas, Tahoe, Reno, Dallas, and Los Angeles. In 1980 Scott moved to Los Angeles to begin his career in Hollywood. He studied film scoring at UCLA with Walter Scharf (1981 & 1982).

In 1997 he co-founded Media City Sound in Studio City which celebrated 25 years serving the Hollywood TV & Film community. In 2014 he co-founded LNL Partners, a cinematic graphic novel company producing projects for William Shatner and Stan Lee. In 2017, LNL Partners joined William Shatner and created Shatner Universe LLC, an entertainment development & production company in North Hollywood.

As a musician, Scott has performed shows with artists including Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, Sarah Vaughn, Bob Marley, Charlie Rich, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Don Rickles, The Carpenters, The Smothers Bros, Boz Scaggs, and Van Morrison among others.

As a composer/arranger, Scott’s music has been heard in over 1,000 TV shows, over 200 commercials & promos as well as the headline planetarium show “Centered in the Universe” at the Griffith Observatory.

As a music producer, he’s worked with all major TV & Media Networks, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Nike, ESPN, NFL Super Bowl, American Greetings, William Shatner, Howard Stern, Robert Goulet, Little Richard, Aaron Sorkin, Martin Short, Netflix’s Chelsea Handler shows, and the award-winning planetarium show “Signs of Life” at the Griffith Observatory among others.

Scott is a founding member of the (IDA) International Documentary Association as well as a member of the Television Academy, SAG/AFTRA, Society of Composers & Lyricists and the Location Managers Guild International. In 2020 he received the University of the Pacific’s Distinguished Alumni Award in Professional Service. Scott was elected in 2020 to the Board of Regents at the University of the Pacific and its campuses in Sacramento, Stockton and San Francisco.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Not a smooth road at all!

Never used a manager or agent.

Had many careers in mostly music & audio post: Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Arranger, Music Supervisor, Music Producer.

Was in an original music folk-rock band, became a house-musician for the Vegas orchestras in Tahoe, and created a live-stage production company before moving to Hollywood.

Co-founded 3 companies in Hollywood: Music production, Audio post production, Media development

Had to hustle & market myself in the entertainment world.

Only got work from being successful & competent in my work. Then the phone started to ring!

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I consider myself a hybrid of creative & business.

Co-founding 3 companies in Hollywood was an incredible accomplishment.

I’m most proud of creating music for over 1,000 TV shows, 200 commercials & on-air-promos, producing the music for the Griffith Planetarium shows for the last 20 yrs, being a partner with William Shatner in a media development company.

I’m very proud & honored to be a Regent for the University of the Pacific which has 10 colleges and 3 campuses in Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco.

Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
Mentor people who are striving to be successful! Teach them to be entrepreneurial and have ethics!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.scottliggett.net
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liggett1849/
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/scottliggett
• Other: imdb.me/scottliggett & http://ShatnerUniverse.com