Perfect 8 Track Playlist For Your Audi R8 (Photos)
There is only one thing better than driving an Audi R8: listening to music while driving an Audi R8. Here is the ultimate playlist that will complement the driving experience of your beast.
1. Carmina Burana O Fortuna - Carl Orff (Techno Remix)
Take one strange bit of Latin poetry, add a German classical composer, and remix into an electronic dance hit and you have what may be the perfect soundtrack for the Teutonic technological tour de force that is the Audi A8. This track has just the right amounts of tradition, modernity, and German engineering to suit the R8. Don't let the fact that Carmina Burana has been used in dozens of creepy horror movies and trailers put you off, it is actually about fortune and fate, both good and bad. In English the first lines are "O Fortune, like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing or waning", but if you are driving an R8 fortune is indeed smiling on you.
You can listen to this track here.
2. Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner
Yes, this has been over used every time Top Gear, or a similar show, does a road test video of a high performance German car, but it just fits. Something about having all of those explosions going on just behind your head in the R8 makes on think of a group of large Nordic women riding horse through the sky and taking warriors up to Valhalla.
You can listen to Wilhelm Richard Wagner's most famous piece here.
3. Fuel Tank - Joyryde
Seriously, the artist is called "Joyryde" and that perfectly describes putting the pedal down in the R8, doesn't it? A wild mix of techno and hip hop, there is no denying that this track will make you want to move... fast. Put the pedal down, crank up the stereo, and try to avoid speeding traps while you enjoy the piece of perfection that is this mid engined masterpiece and burn through all the gas in your fuel tank.
Treat your ear to a joyride here.
4. Ready, Steady, Go - Paul Oakenfold
When you're driving a mid engined Audi supercar that puts out 610-horsepower, there are only three appropriate words: Ready - Steady - Go. 3.5 seconds after Go, you will find yourself at 60 mph with a huge smile on your face.
Listen to this song HERE.
5. Turbo Killer - Carpenter Brut
This is another piece of electronica that makes you want to drive fast, and the powerful naturally aspirated motors in the R8 are the perfect definition of "turbo killers" making the title apt as well. The video involves some sort of techno druid in a Corvette against an evil man in a Contach, for the affections of a beautiful woman. No, it doesn't make any sense, but the song sure is good.
Watch the video for Turbo Killer here.
6. The Dark Knight Rises Theme - Hans Zimmer
Sometimes when driving you just need some theme music in the background that adds to the drama and excitement, without distracting you from the world you are driving through and the task at hand. Driving an R8 will make you feel like a superhero, so why not cue up Hans Zimmer's awesome theme to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Rises?
You can listen to this nearly eight minute theme song here.
7. Driving with the Top Down - Ramin Djawadi
Tony Stark, Iron Man, loves the technological sophistication of the Audi brand, and famously drives an R8 in the movie. If you have an R8 Spyder, "Driving With the Top Down" from the original soundtrack is the perfect midtempo theme song for a spirited cruise along the coast under the stars.
You can listen to this track, from German-Iranian composer Ramin Djawadi here.
7. Autobahn - Kraftwerk
It is hard to imagine that this album came out more than 40 years ago, but still seems like it is from the not to distant future. It starts out slow, with VW Beetle noises, then builds into a futuristic German interpretation of the Beach Boys "fun, fun, fun..." on the autobahn, a few minutes in. The electronic filtered version of classical strings and keyboards go perfectly with the metallic tone of your R8 engine tearing up the asphalt. Plus, it is 22 minutes of driving enjoyment and motivation, without a moment of dead air.
Listen to this electronic classic here.
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