Auto Rock

"Auto Rock"
Song by Mogwai from the album Mr. Beast
Released	6 March 2006
Recorded	Castle of Doom Studios Glasgow, Scotland
Genre	Post-rock
Length	4:18
Label	Rock Action Records
Producer	Tony Doogan
Mr. Beast track listing
"Auto Rock" "Glasgow Mega-Snake" "Acid Food" "Travel Is Dangerous" "Team Handed" "Friend of the Night" "Emergency Trap" "Folk Death 95" "I Chose Horses" "We're No Here"

"Auto Rock" is a song by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai that appears as the first track on their album Mr. Beast.

Contents 1 Musical structure 2 Appearances 3 External links 4 References

Musical structure

The song is built around a piano riff (with only the use of black keys) played by Barry Burns, and march-like drums, which slowly builds in volume and intensity. It was, at one point, used as a set opener on the Mr Beast tour, as well as most of the 2009 tour.

Appearances

• The song has been used recurringly in BBC motoring magazine show, Top Gear.

• It has also featured in the build-up to the Formula 1 2011 British Silverstone Grand Prix

• It is featured in the trailer for the film The Brave One.

• It is featured prominently at the end of the 2006 film Miami Vice. In addition, the central piano riff is a citation of Crockett's Theme that Jan Hammer wrote in 1984 for the original Miami Vice series.

• Jeremy Clarkson has also used it in his documentary The Greatest Raid of All Time.

• It is used in the Lance Armstrong commercial "Driven" for Nike.[1]

• The song is used as part of the soundtrack for the 2007 global warming awareness film The 11th Hour. It can be heard on the menu of the DVD version of the film.

• The song is used on the trailer for the ITV series "Father and Son".

• The song is also used in Aubrey Graham's MTV documentary "Better Than Good Enough".

• The song has also been used a couple of times in BBC's Holby City.

• A remixed version of the song is featured in the trailer for the Canadian thriller film 7 Days.

External links

• "Auto Rock" on Last.fm

References

Mogwai Stuart Braithwaite · Dominic Aitchison · Martin Bulloch · John Cummings · Barry Burns Brendan O'Hare  · Luke Sutherland Studio albums Mogwai Young Team · Come On Die Young · Rock Action · Happy Songs for Happy People · Mr Beast · The Hawk Is Howling · Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will Live albums Special Moves Compilation albums Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997) · EP+6 · Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 Extended plays 4 Satin · Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes · No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew) · EP · Travels in Constants, Vol. 12  · US Tour EP  · UK/European Tour EP  · Travel Is Dangerous · Batcat  · Earth Division Singles "Tuner"/"Lower" · "Angels vs Aliens" · "Summer"/"Ithica 27 ϕ 9" · "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1"/"New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" · "My Father My King" · "Friend of the Night" · "Black Spider" · "Rano Pano" · "Mexican Grand Prix" · "San Pedro" Remix albums Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed Film scores Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait · The Fountain Related articles Discography · Albums · Songs · Rock Action · The Recording of Mr Beast · Castle of Doom Studios