Profile of a (Reality) Composer
From Claes Andreasson
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Producers: Claes Andreasson
Reality show "Survivor" finished its sixth season last Spring with a weekly audience of twenty million.
Given the nature of these shows, the turn-around is very short - the time between shooting an episode and airing it can be a little as a week. Which gives little time for a composer to score the show.
Award-winning composer David Vanacore, who scores many of the popular reality shows on TV, may only have a couple of days to complete the score for a one-hour show. These days scoring a television show is a solitary stint. Much like a lot of broadcast tasks, technology has literally turned the composer into a one-man band.
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Broadcast History
Aired on "On the Media" in December 2003
Musical Works
Various musical clips from David Vanacore.
Brief cuts from popular TV show themes
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Additional Information
- Produced: Dec 01, 2003
- Added to PRX: Mar 25, 2004
- This piece is in English
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Helen Woodward
Posted on March 26, 2004 at 12:02 PM | Permalink
Review of Profile of a (Reality) Composer
This piece focuses on the only aspect of reality TV that is in anyway real, and as such it provides an interesting (if brief) insight into the life of a modern-day musician with all the hightech gizmos he relies on. It provides historical perspective against a backdrop of familiar TV theme tunes and throws in a few surprising details like the fact that the Simpsons is one of only a few TV shows that uses a full orchestra for it's soundtrack. It is engaging and moves along nicely though it ends rather abruptly.