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Mark Korven

Mark Korven

Composer · Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Mark Korven is a Toronto based music composer for film and television.

Biography from TMDB.

From
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Works as
Composer
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 54 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 44% in 30 days

What are Mark Korven's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Horror7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
33%
Morality
20%
Bonds
19%
Self
13%
Power
7%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Survival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 18

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 17

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 10

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 14

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 8

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Dread
18
Melancholic
10
Contemplative
7
Cold
5
Other
8

How their films linger

Unsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mark Korven's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Mark Korven's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

54 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Below(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • The Institute(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Move(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The First Omen(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Night Swim(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Peripheral(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Black Phone(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • No One Gets Out Alive(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Chapelwaite(2021)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Morbus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Writer

  • The Lighthouse(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • In the Tall Grass(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Isabelle(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Swerve(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Our House(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Awakening the Zodiac(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Beyond Trauma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Witch(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Cruel & Unusual(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Great Martian War 1913–1917 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Lemon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Composer · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Emperor's Lost Harbour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Tiger Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Hollywood Wives: The New Generation(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Saint Jude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • Falling Through(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Sheldon Kennedy Story(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer · Orchestrator

  • Win, Again! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • It Takes a Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Cube(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Giant Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Music Arranger

  • Lyddie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Joe's Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Curtis's Charm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • The Michelle Apartments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Henry & Verlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer

  • Lawn and Order (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer

  • The Grocer's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • Sam & Me(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Hand of Stalin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • White Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Between Two Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • I've Heard the Mermaids Singing(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 50 titles from 1987 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Black Phone (2021)

$161M worldwide

Highest rated

The Lighthouse (2019)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 50: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 50: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 50: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleMusic48 of 50: 46 only music, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score40thEditing1 of 50: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 50: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s18 · crew2000s7 · crew2010s14 · crew2020s10 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mark Korven's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · composer

The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999)

80th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma (2008)

Midcredits 93rd · 79% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 64/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mark Korven's work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles58–87 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles13–64 · median 19 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity12 titles37–81 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles6–61 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles67–86 · median 80 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mark Korven work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mark Korven's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stephen King shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles