Kari Busiahn - piano
Michael Sweeney - piano special effects
Melissa Botzet - voice

"Horror Movie" was inspired by the classic horror/slasher genre of film. In short, what it tries to do is to capture the narrative and atmosphere of those movies. A variety of themes are used to help define the narrative. There is the surprise theme, the death theme, the uh-oh theme and others.

The story begins with some creepiness to set the tone of the piece and then the sun rises on a small town, where the good guy theme is heard. There are three future victims. Then night sets in. Some creepy atmospheric things happen and then the killer pops out to claim his first victim. Death ensues. The others survive till the morning, where they try to figure out what to do before nightfall. However, night arrives again. This time, it is not long before the killer pops out and a chase sequence ensues. What will happen to the other two victims? I'm not telling.

- Michael Sweeney, class of 2005

Michael Sweeney is a B.M. Trumpet Performance/Theory/Composition major from New Ulm, MN. He hopes to one day direct a band, perform, compose or any combination of the three, but maintains a wide variety of interests, such as movies, webpage design and women. In his spare time, he plays video games.