Chalmersspexet December 2022 - December 2023

I was in charge of writing and selecting the music for an amateur comedy musical which went on to have around 10 shows during spring and autumn of 2023. We also went on tour to Halmstad, Stockholm and Helsinki.

Original Song	Our Title	Description
The Chicken	Ouvertyr	Overture. The band played the main theme once, then took turns soloing. It was a good way to put a spotlight (literally) on the instrumentalists as sometimes they are a bit under appreciated.
I'm a Believer	Hurra för den nya drottningen	The new queen of England, Elisabeth I, has just been crowned and is excited to start ruling the empire... or is she? My other contender for this song would have been "Story of My Life" by Social Distortion. I chose this song partly because everyone knows it so it's a fun song to start with but in hindsight I kind of regret not going with a song I like more.
That's Life	Té havs	Francis Drake's introduction. One of my favourite songs this year, I love the choreography and score. For the encore of this song I rewrote Gabriellas Sång into a power ballad about eating liver to avoid scurvy.
Hold the Line	Bryt ett ben	(Love ?) duet between Shakespeare and her inept assistant/ex lover Libby. Contains a reference to the swedish song Satellit which then became one of this song's encores.
Vad har du i fickan, jan?	Var är drottningen?	Duet between the queen's right hand Kat and her BFF Drake. I really love this choreography and the chemistry Humla (Kat) and Pling (Drake) have on stage.
Minnie the Moocher	Snart är det jag som är ond	Every musical has to have a villain song, right? I really wanted to get the audience engaged in this song but I wasn't totally successful. I think me and the director(s) should have worked together a bit to make it more obvious that the audience was supposed to respond in the "call-and-response" part.
Play that funky music	Byggare Bacon	This is the crazy inventor Bacon's song wherein he is pressured by the evil couple to do their biddings and automate EVERYTHING. The lyrics are a commentary on the over-automation and AI-ification of the modern world but I don't think the message came across that well.
In the Hall of the Mountain King/Everybody	Aktfinal	This mashup is one of mine and Mimer's (director of chalmersspexet '22 and '23) best ideas. I remember laying in bed thinking about a couple of songs they had suggested before coming up with the epic transition from the final BUM-BUM in ItHotMK to the first "All right!" in Everybody.
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight	Trubbel-i-dur	Wilma Shakespeare comes out alone on stage and sings about the turmoils that have fallen upon England. I just had to include at least one English prog rock song. Not the most well-known song by any means but a lot of people have really shown appreciation towards it's inclusion. Probably the best of these songs.
Måndagsbarn/17 år	Manhattankval	Francis Bacon is torn between doing what's right and making a buttload of cash. Classic engineering problems.
Summer Nights	Hur man störtar två tyranner	Two groups of good guys both come up with ingenious plans to take down Orwen and Libby, unfortunately these plans don't gel all too well. This is the song I regret choosing the most, it just didn't really come together. The main reason I chose this song is because I came up with the line(s) "Vilken grej, du är ett geni!/En så'n natt för högförräderi!"
American Dream/Afternoon Deligh	Bloody Marypella	Me and Fröken (head of production) worked a lot on the acapella. I went through a lot of concepts for what the lyrics would be about. An early draft was "drinking a Bloody Mary" being a metaphor for eating out someone on their period. This verion contained the lyrics "Blod runt hela min mun, ivrig som en hund." Understandably, we took it in a different direction. In hindsight I might've gone for a different song to base it upon. My original thoughts were either "Visa i molom", "Visa till Katarina" or "Ievan Polkka".
O fortuna	Staketet	Our heroes come to Drake's rescue but alas, they are too late! We wanted to have the most dramatic song we could find to juxtapose with the tiny fence they were up against. Maybe Dies Irae would have been better but who knows.
I want you back	Finalfinal	Absolute banger song. Go out with a bang you know. This was a great choice for last song as it had the entire audience clapping and the entire crew dancing in the wings.