Mark Korven is a Canadian musician and composer for film and television. His work includes the music on the sci-fi horror cult film '' Cube'' (1997), collaborations with director
Robert Eggers
Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, director, and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films '' The Witch'' (2015) and '' The Lighthouse'' (2019), as well as directi ...
on the period horror films ''
The Witch
A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft.
Witch, WITCH, or variations thereof may also refer to:
Animals
* Witch (lefteye flounder) (''Arnoglossus scapha''), a Pacific flatfish
* Witch (righteye flounder) (''Glyptocephalus cynoglossus''), a Euro ...
Scott Derrickson
Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films '' The Exorcism of Emily Rose'' (2005), ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (2008), '' Sinister'' (2012), '' Deliver Us from Evil'' (2014), ' ...
's ''
The Black Phone
''The Black Phone'' is a 2021 American coming-of-age supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the ...
'' (2022).
Life and career
During his early career in Winnipeg, Korven performed in a variety of rock and jazz music ensembles, mostly playing the guitar and singing in local bars. In 1977, he started taking formal music education at the Grant MacEwan Community College in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
where he studied jazz and orchestration. After graduating, he developed into a singer / songwriter and recorded his first album of left-of-center pop entitled "Passengers". In 1987 he moved to
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
, where he recorded the album "Ordinary Man" with Duke Street Records, and that same year he had his first chance at composing for film, with the score for
Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema (born 20 August 1958) is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.
Early life
Rozema was born in King ...
's debut feature ''
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' is a 1987 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an a ...
''. which went on to win the La Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1992 he released one more album "This Must Be The Place", although by that time his main activity had become composing scores for film and TV works.
Korven plays several exotic instruments, including the
Sarangi
The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music (there known as the ''serja'') – in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is ...
, the
Nyckelharpa
A nyckelharpa (, "keyed fiddle", or literally "key harp", plural ) is the national musical instrument of Sweden. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to chang ...
Erhu
The ''erhu'' (; ) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a ''Southern Fiddle'', and is sometimes known in the Western world as the ''Chinese violin'' or a ''Chinese two- ...
, and the water phone. He was also responsible for the creation of "The Apprehension Engine", a custom made musical instrument intended for the creation of unsettling noises to be used on scoring horror films, built by guitar luthier Tony Duggan-Smith.
Works
Film
* 1987 – ''
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' is a 1987 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an a ...
Sam & Me
''Sam & Me'' is a 1991 Canadian drama film directed by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta (in her directorial debut) and written by Ranjit Chowdhry, who also stars in the film with Peter Boretski and Om Puri. The film went on to win an honourable ...
Giant Mine
The Giant Mine was a gold mine located on the Ingraham Trail, north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Giant Mine was within the Kam Group, a part of the Yellowknife greenstone belt. Gold was discovered on the property and mineral claims ...
The Witch
A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft.
Witch, WITCH, or variations thereof may also refer to:
Animals
* Witch (lefteye flounder) (''Arnoglossus scapha''), a Pacific flatfish
* Witch (righteye flounder) (''Glyptocephalus cynoglossus''), a Euro ...
''
* 2017 – ''
Awakening the Zodiac
''Awakening the Zodiac'' is a 2017 Canadian mystery crime drama film directed by Jonathan Wright and starring Shane West and Leslie Bibb.
Premise
A couple buy a storage unit, finding evidence of the Zodiac Killer and try to solve the case.
Cast
...
No One Gets Out Alive
''No One Gets Out Alive'' is a 2014 horror novel by British author Adam Nevill. It was published in the United Kingdom in 2014 by Pan MacMillan and United States in 2015 by St. Martin's Press and focuses on a young woman who moves into a cheap a ...
The Black Phone
''The Black Phone'' is a 2021 American coming-of-age supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the ...
''
Television
* 1988 – ''
The Twilight Zone
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A Scattering of Seeds
''A Scattering of Seeds'', also known as ''A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada'' is a Canadian documentary television series.
The series explored the contributions of immigrants to Canada. It was produced by White Pine Pictures. A tota ...
''
* 1999–2003 – ''
The Nature of Things
''The Nature of Things'' (also, ''The Nature of Things with David Suzuki'') is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on 6 November 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that hu ...
''
* ''Love Is Not Enough''
* 2002 – ''New Year's Resolutions''
* 2002 – ''Friday the 13th: The Devil in Dover''
* 2003 – ''The Ex-Factor''
* 2003 – ''Talk Mogadishu: Media Under Fire''
* 2003 – '' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation''
* 2004 – ''Winning''
* ''2005 – The Dark Years''
* 2007 – ''
America at a Crossroads
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Chapelwaite
''Chapelwaite'' is an American horror television series based on the short story " Jerusalem's Lot" by American writer Stephen King. It is written by Peter and Jason Filardi, and premiered on Epix on August 22, 2021. The show has been renewed ...
''
* 2022 — ''
The Peripheral
''The Peripheral'' is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London ...
''
Documentaries
* 1990 – ''Transplant, the Breath of Life''
* 1990 – ''Between Two Worlds''
* 1994 – ''Lawn and Order''
* 1994 – ''The Lucky Ones: Allied Airmen in Buchenwald''
* 1996 – ''
Power
Power most often refers to:
* Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work"
** Engine power, the power put out by an engine
** Electric power
* Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events
** Abusive power
Power may a ...
''
* 1997 – ''Confessions of a Rabid Dog''
* 1998 – ''The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman''
* 2001 – ''A Moment in Time: The United Colours of Bronstein''
* 2003 – ''Arctic Dreamer''
* 2004 – '' Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire''
* 2005 – ''Hogtown: The Politics of Policing''
* 2005 – ''The Ungrateful Dead: In Search of International Justice''
* 2006 – ''The Man Who Couldn't Sleep''
* 2007 – ''Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma''
* 2005 – ''Nugliak''
* 2007 – '' A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman''
* 2007 – ''Turning Pages: The Life and Literature of Margaret Atwood''
* 2008 – ''Tiger Spirit''
* 2009 – ''The Experimental Eskimos''
* 2009 – ''Pushing the Line: Art Without Reservations''
* 2011 – ''Earth from Space''
* 2013 – ''Fight like Soldiers, Die like Children''
* 2016 – '' All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone''
Awards and nominations
During his career, Korven has received several awards, many at the Gemini Awards,
Genie Awards
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scul ...
Gemini Awards
* 2008 – Won – Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series: "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman"
* 2008 – Nominated – Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series: The Border For episode "Enemy Contact"
* 2005 – Nominated – Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series: "Continuous Journey", award shared with:
Philip Strong, Kiran Ahluwalia, Ben Grossman, Ravi Naimpally
* 2000 – Nominated – Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series: "The Sheldon Kennedy Story"
* 1999 – Nominated – Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series: "Win, Again!"
* 1992 – Nominated – Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series: "Between Two Worlds"
Genie Awards
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scul ...
* 1999 – Nominated – Best Music Score: "Cube"
* 1996 – Nominated – Best Achievement in Music – Original Score: " The Michelle Apts."
* 1996 – Won – Best Achievement in Music – Original Score: "Curtis's Charm"
* 1994 – Nominated – Best Music Score: "Henry & Verlin"
* 1993 – Nominated – Best Music Score: "The Grocer's Wife"
* 1991 – Nominated – Best Music Score: "White Room"
Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival
* 2005 – Won
Golden Sheaf Award
Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In 1947, the Yorkton Film Council (YFC) was founded and in 1950 the first international documentary film festival officially opened in we ...
– Best Original Music, Non-Fiction: "Continuous Journey", award shared with: Philip Strong, Kiran Ahluwalia, Ben Grossman, Ravi Naimpally