Mark Korven

Mark Korven is a Toronto-based, BMI Award winning composer for film and television best known for his scores to the period horror films: THE WITCH (starring Anja Taylor-Joy and Ralph Ineson), and THE LIGHTHOUSE (starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson). Both films were directed by Robert Eggers; the first won the Best Director prize at Sundance, while the second won the Critics Prize at the Festival de Cannes.

Korven has worked with DR. STRANGE director Scott Derrickson on the Universal Pictures feature THE BLACK PHONE, which earned $161 million at the box office. In 2024 he scored THE FIRST OMEN for 20th Century Studios, which opened to a wide release across North America, and UNTIL DAWN the enhanced and rebuilt game for Sony PlayStation which launched for PS5 and PC on October 4, 2024.

Korven is also a multi-instrumentalist specializing in world music and co-developed the notorious horror musical instrument The Apprehension Engine. His Apprehension Engine performances have over 10 million views on YouTube. Most recently, Mark was named Billboard Canada’s “Screen Composer of the Year” for 2025.