What is a pyromusical? Fireworks that follow the music

A standard fireworks display is fired by hand. A pyromusical uses a computer to fire each effect in time with a soundtrack. It takes more planning, but it works well when the fireworks need to follow the music.

01How it actually works

A pyromusical is planned well before the event:

1. We pick the soundtrack with you, then map it out — every swell, drop, and final note.
2. In design software, each musical moment is matched to specific effects: colors, heights, and burst styles, timed to fractions of a second.
3. On site, every shell is wired to an electric igniter connected to a firing system.
4. At showtime the computer plays the music and fires the show in perfect time, while the crew supervises with hands on the stop switch.

This lets the crew time effects to a drumbeat, a high note, or the end of a song.

02What music works best

We have used OPM, classical music, movie scores, and pop. A ten-minute show usually uses three to five songs with quieter and louder parts. For weddings, some couples include their first-dance song.

03Where our pyromusicals have been

Our family has competed in pyromusical events for years. In 2023, our team fired the Philippine entry that won Champion and People's Choice at the Honda Celebration of Light in Vancouver. We use the same planning process for client shows in the Philippines.

04What your event needs

• An open venue with room for the safety zone, like any display — see our venue guide.
• A sound system that can carry the soundtrack to the whole audience. For big public shows this is the city's stage system; for weddings, the reception venue's system usually does the job.
• Lead time. A pyromusical is designed, not just delivered — give us at least a month or two, more in December.

Tell us the occasion, venue, and date to discuss your options.