Music

To ensure exact choreography between the fireworks and the music, a special music software package is used. Chris Verheyden, Artistic Director, has a tremendous ability to edit, blend and combine musical sequences, whilst at the same time developing the perfect atmosphere with the music to suit any specific occasion.

Traditionally fireworks are well known to compliment classical music, however audiences and clients are demanding new and creative ideas leading to an expansion in the styles of music that are used. Frontier Fireworks have access to a huge range of music and have performed displays to music including rock, pop, dance, jazz, ambient, indie, nu-metal and film themes.

It is more important to select the specific pieces of music rather than the style and to ensure that these have the best impact for the chosen event. Frontier Fireworks are able to offer advice on this matter.

Live and Recorded

Musical choreography of fireworks to music takes on two formats, live and recorded.

Live performances are invariably harder to choreograph with fireworks than pre-recorded music. When music is performed at outdoor locations the weather or the reactions of the audience can often influence the conductor who may dictate the speed of the musical performance to suit those conditions.

Also during live performances a conductor may change the point at which they start a piece of music without any prior warning. This may be to suit the timing of the concert or to really test the reactions of the fireworks company! To counteract any sudden changes in the music, all the fireworks are fired electronically. This enables quick decisions to be made with regards to what material is being fired.

Pre-recorded music is easier to choreograph with fireworks as the duration of each piece of music is determined in advance and will not change on the night of the display.