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, and Whale Wars.
[3] Prior to his career as a composer, he worked as a studio session pianist/keyboardist and toured with Cher, among other artists.
[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.
[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.