Music with Fireworks - Top Recommended songs

How do you get music and fireworks to go off together? It is a question that has been plaguing mankind for centuries.

Nowadays computers and technical gadgets and gizmos make the job a lot easier for the professionals. Some have remote firing systems that automatically work in time with the beat. For us normal types however it can be a lot more difficult. If you cannot afford expensive equipment to do the timing for you, how do you set off fireworks in time to the music?

The answer is simple, a lot of planning and preparation and a little bit of luck.

The secret is to know exactly how long the music and the fireworks are going to last, if you have a song that is 5 minutes long and you only have 4 minutes worth of fireworks, you're gonna have a bad time. Or 1 minutes worth of bad time to be precise. So rule one is to make sure you know how long each firework lasts and how long your music lasts and make sure they match Common sense stuff.

So how do you make the music and the fireworks sound good. Start with a good song, if you try to do a fireworks display to Cliff Richards "Summer Holiday" it may not have the impact you are looking for, try aiming a little more rocky if possible. The message here is power. A powerful and drum beat ridden tune will most likely get the crowd going, just look at almost any video by Brothers Pyrotechnics and you will hear the music from the Rocky movies. This is excellent fireworks music, powerful, anthemic and rocky. Get the crowds toes tapping and you have almost got it.

Choice of fireworks is very important as well, if you have a fast firing barrage, use fast music, if the song is slower and sedate, let the music reflect that. It is all about capturing the mood of the pyrotechnics and the music and blending into one experience for your audience.

Always remember to finish on a loud and busy number to get the blood flowing in the audience. Like in any form of entertainment you should always leave them wanting more.

So, to recap, make the music's mood match the fireworks, keep it busy at the end. Finish on a loud and busy finale and make sure you like the song, if it's a song that is not popular, the fireworks won't look as good. Know your audience.

Here it is the list of the 50 most popular songs our customers have recommended to go with fireworks. If you have any suggestions to add to the list please let us know.

Rocket Man - Elton John

Eternal Flame - Bangles

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Light my Fire - The Doors

Firestarter - Prodigy

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Spinning Around - Kylie

Relight my Fire - Take That

Fireworks - Embrace

Boom Bang a Bang - LuLu

Chariots of Fire - Vangelis

Boom Boom Boom - Outhere Brothers

Bang Bang - Sonny and Cher

Time to Burn - Storm

Rocket - Def Leppard

All fired up - Pat Benatar

Unforgettable Fire - U2

She Bangs - Ricky Martin

Rocket - Herbie Hancock

Bang Bang - BA Robertson

Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie

Fire by Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Wheels on Fire - Siouxsie & the Banshees

We will Rock You - Queen

Don’t Stop Me now - Queen

Cochise - AudioSlave

Burn Baby Burn - Ash

Through the fire and the flames - DragonForce

Falling as One - Rise to Addiction

Music for Royal Fireworks - Handel

Paradise City - Guns N Roses

Jonnie b. Good - Chuck Berry

Eye of the Tiger - Rocky Theme

Fight fire with fire - metallica

Rule the world - take that

Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

"Zadok the Priest" from the Coronation Anthems. - Georg Frideric Handel

Can’t Stop - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Chasing Rainbows - Shed Seven

The day we caught the train - Ocean Colour Scene

Chop Suey - System of a Down

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

We didn’t start the fire - Billy Joel

1812 overture - Tchaikovsky

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Harry Potter Theme

Independence Day Theme

Star Wars Theme

E.T Theme

High Voltage – Electric Six

Just Watch The Fireworks – Jimmy Eat World

Rage Against The Machine – Sleep Now In The Fire

War of the Worlds Theme

Boom Boom Boom - Black Eyed Peas