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Profile of a (Reality) Composer

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Life as a Television Composer

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.

Ths story first aired on "On the Media" in December of 2003.


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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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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.

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