The one and only Mark Korven joins me on The Film Scorer Podcast! Mark is probably best known for scoring films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, but his latest score is for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. We talk about that film and his score, as well as his prior releases, his signature instrument the “Apprehension Engine,” and Mark announces an upcoming 25th anniversary release of his score for Cube. Of course, during the interview we touch on a load more as well.
This was a very exciting interview for me since Mark’s work is one of the reasons I began down this film music path in the first place. When I first saw The Witch, I found the music absolutely fascinating and unlike anything I’d really heard. Although I didn’t begin writing about film music until a couple years after, it certainly planted the seed.
You can find more about Mark on his website. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is currently in theaters, while many of Mark’s more recent scores are available on all major platforms.
About Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City: “Returning to the origins of the massively popular Resident Evil franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new generation of fans. In Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City , once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, a group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.” Mark’s score, meanwhile, includes the debilitating cacophony that listeners have come to expect (in part through the horror of the Apprehension Engine) with hints of melody and electronics that make this work stand out from the rest of Mark’s scores.
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