‘The Wanting’ Snags ‘The Witch’ Composer Mark Korven – and Canada Wins, Too
When director Yam Laranas first saw the creepy, imposing house where he would shoot his new horror film “The Wanting,” he knew the film’s score would need a dense, avante-garde vibe — the kind composer Mark Korven created for “The Witch.”
The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, and Laranas needed a Canadian composer under terms set by his Canadian investors, Lazarus Effects Inc., and the production and tax support he received from Ontario Media Development Corporation.
Laranas met Korven in a loud, packed Starbucks in Toronto — where “The Wanting” was in editing and post-production — and pitched him on the “Exorcist” and “Rosemary’s Baby” inspired film, which stars Adam Brody “Jennifer’s Body” and Amanda Crew (Silicon Valley.)