Los Angeles composer and producer Chris Wirsig has built a catalog defined by experimentation across electronic, orchestral, and cinematic styles. On his new single “Water Into Fire,” recorded entirely in his own studio, he pushes that approach further by combining world instruments with the scale of trailer music. The track is fully self-produced, performed, and written by Wirsig, continuing his long-running interest in blending genres into something theatrical but personal.
“Water Into Fire” opens with bright metallic bells and earthy percussion that sound lifted from a distant ritual. The rhythm grows layer by layer until strings and brass take over, moving the track from atmosphere into something closer to a battle scene. Wirsig keeps tension at the center: each section rises toward release but never collapses into spectacle. The vocals that drift in mid-track add depth rather than melody, sitting more like a texture within the orchestral mix.
By the end, the arrangement fills out with drums, strings, and brass all hitting together, the percussion driving the final stretch with a sense of controlled chaos. It feels designed less for a theater trailer and more for its own standalone scene. “Water Into Fire” is Wirsig working inside the language of cinematic scoring but shaping it around instinct instead of formula, turning an expected epic into something sharper.
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