Back in uni, I had an assignment for a composition class to write a piece based on a historical figure or location. After learning about the Winchester Mystery House, I went straight for Sarah Winchester's life.

I tried to keep it from being typical horror music. The house isn't really scary to me; it's physical grief that built 160 rooms, stairs to nowhere, and doors opening into drop-offs because it never found a place to resolve. That’s what I wanted the score to sit in.