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David Vanacore | |
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| Birth name | David Vanacore |
| Genres | Reality TV |
| Occupation(s) | CEO of Vanacore Music, [1] composer, music producer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboard |
| Website | www |
David Vanacore is an American television music composer. Dubbed by television music industry insiders as 'The King of Reality', [2] David Vanacore is the composer behind many reality television series, such as Survivor , The Apprentice , Big Brother , Ink Master , American Chopper , Dirty Jobs , Hell's Kitchen , Wipeout , Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader and Whale Wars .
Vanacore began studying piano at the age of seven. [3] Prior to his career as a composer, he worked as a studio session pianist/keyboardist and toured with Cher, among other artists. [2] He studied orchestration at the Dick Grove School of Music. [4] After meeting television composer Mike Post led to an offer as his studio keyboard player, which introduced him to the world of music supervision for television. [3]
Vanacore's first major breakout as a TV composer occurred when he landed a job with Mark Burnett for the first season of Survivor in 2000. Originating with Survivor, Vanacore developed a technique that he describes as "layers and structures," in which the composer provides music editors with a completed mix as well as isolated layers. [5] Vanacore put together a team of composers, editors, musicians, engineers and producers, and founded Vanacore Music, a composing house headquartered in Valencia, California, [6] that produces music for unscripted television series. [3]
As of 2023, Vanacore has won ASCAP's Most Performed Themes and Most Performed Underscore [7] awards every year since 2005.
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