BEST COMPOUND 2026

FUNKE FIREWORKS – GOLDBOMBER

This huge 144 shot compound has won the Best Compound award for the second time thanks to its rapid firing patterns, huge breaks and novel addition of the screamer effect in parts. Goldbomber is the first straight-firing compound to win in this category twice, which just goes to show how compounds don’t have to be fanned to be effective. Goldbomber starts with a rapid firing section of silver tipped gold brocades, followed by volleys of screechers to gold brocades before going back to the silver tipped brocades again. The second screecher section contains blinking gold peonies before once again moving on to gold brocades and then finishing with an insanely rapid section of gold then silver brocades and final volley of titanium-chrysanthemum salutes. The pace is relentless and would make a very impressive finale to any large display.