Imagination can turn ordinary, every-day objects and sounds into a startling array of fantastical creations. Likewise, the technologies available to the electronic musician can turn normal, every day sounds into sensational acoustic experiences. Night Terrors utilizes Kyma software to turn the pleasant and simple sounds of a piano into a barrage of terrorizing and agonizing aural stimuli. The narrative follows the imagination of a child sitting alone in the dark; sounds and images are startling and not always what they seem to be. Ordinary objects now take on the form of monsters and the quiet creaking of a home is amplified. As the child becomes more terrified, the sounds become further and further removed from their original state. The source material for the piece consists of a few select samples of piano sounds: melodic sounds and the sounds of objects touching the hammers inside the piano. Using techniques such as granulation, delays, and pitch-shifting, the sounds are transformed into something more extraordinary than unaltered piano sounds. The terrifying environment is brought to life with the careful handling of the stereo field and dynamic panning. Night Terrors consists of an aural representation of the imagination’s possibilities, which is facilitated by the multitude of possibilities in music technology.