Score (album)
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| Live album by Dream Theater | ||
| Released | August 29, 2006 | |
| Recorded | April 1, 2006 - Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York | |
| Genre | Progressive metal Symphonic metal |
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| Length | 157:14 (CD) | |
| Label | Rhino Entertainment | |
| Producer(s) | Ethan Mesmer | |
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| Dream Theater chronology | ||
| Octavarium (2005) |
Score (2006) |
Systematic Chaos (2007) |
Score is a 3CD/2DVD combination by progressive metal band Dream Theater. It is a live album, recorded on April 1, 2006 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This is the final concert of their 20th Anniversary Tour, labeled "A Very Special Evening with Dream Theater". The entire second half of the concert features a complete symphonic orchestra, dubbed "The Octavarium Orchestra", conducted by Jamshied Sharifi.
The album was released on August 29, 2006 and contains the entire concert setlist, including the encore. A condensed version of the concert was aired on VH1 Classic on August 25, 2006, 4 days before the release of the album and DVD.
The name of the album comes from the word "score", meaning the number twenty. It was chosen in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dream Theater. "Score" could also mean a conductor's musical score, parts of which are used on the packaging imagery.
Two of the songs recorded on this album were previously unreleased: "Another Won", a song written by the band when they were still named Majesty, and "Raise The Knife", a song left off of Falling Into Infinity.
In Australia, the 3 CD boxset was released on September 2, 2006.
On October 15th, 2006, Score was certified platinum by the RIAA.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD
Disc 1 features Dream Theater alone. Discs 2 and 3 feature Dream Theater and The Octavarium Orchestra.
[edit] Disc one
- "The Root of All Evil" – 8:22
- "I Walk Beside You" – 4:11
- "Another Won" – 5:22
- "Afterlife" – 5:56
- "Under a Glass Moon" – 7:29
- "Innocence Faded" – 5:36
- "Raise the Knife" – 11:43
- "The Spirit Carries On" – 9:46
[edit] Disc two
- "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" – 41:33
- "Vacant" – 3:01
- "The Answer Lies Within" – 5:36
- "Sacrificed Sons" – 10:38
[edit] Disc three
- "Octavarium" – 27:16
- "Metropolis" – 10:39
[edit] DVD
Tracks 1 through 8 feature Dream Theater alone. Tracks 9 through 14 feature Dream Theater and The Octavarium Orchestra.
[edit] Disc one
- "The Root of All Evil" – 9:32
- "I Walk Beside You" – 4:10
- "Another Won" – 5:40
- "Afterlife" – 7:28
- "Under a Glass Moon" – 7:27
- "Innocence Faded" – 6:16
- "Raise the Knife" – 11:51
- "The Spirit Carries On" – 9:37
- "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" – 41:26
- "Vacant" – 3:03
- "The Answer Lies Within" – 5:36
- "Sacrificed Sons" – 10:36
- "Octavarium" – 27:29
- "Metropolis" – 11:16
Credits – 2:53
[edit] Disc two
- "The Score So Far..." 20th Anniversary Documentary – 56:25
- Octavarium Animation – 3:06
- Another Day (Live in Tokyo – August 26, 1993) – 4:47
- The Great Debate (Live in Bucharest – July 4, 2002) – 13:37
- Honor Thy Father (Live in Chicago – August 12, 2005) – 9:47
[edit] Personnel
- Dream Theater
- Octavarium Orchestra - Conducted by Jamshied Sharifi
- Violins
- Elena Barere - (Concert Master)
- Yuri Vodovos
- Belinda Whitney
- Avril Brown
- Katherine Livolsi
- Abe Appleman
- Joyce Hammann
- Karen Karlsrud
- Ann Leathers
- Ricky Sortomme
- Jan Mullen
- Carol Pool
- Violas
- Vincent Lionti
- Adria Benjamin
- Judy Witmer
- Crystal Garner
- Jonathan Dinklage
- Cellos
- Richard Locker
- Eugene Moye
- David Heiss
- Caryl Paisner
- French Horns
- Bob Carlisle
- Dan Culpepper
- Larry DiBello
- Bass Trombone
- George Flynn
- Flute
- Pamela Sklar
- B Flat Clarinet
- Ole Mathisen
- Trumpet
- Jeff Kievit
- Jim Hynes
- Percussion
- Gordon Gottlieb
- Violins
[edit] Miscellanea
- The first and second setlists contain 8 and 5 songs respectively (Metropolis was played as an encore, instead of being part of the setlist), which fits the common uses of 8 and 5 in the band's latest studio album, Octavarium.
- The second set has another occurrence of 8 and 5 - the epic Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence has 8 parts, and then 5 more songs (counting the encore) are played with the orchestra, making 13 total.
- Also, 5 of the 8 songs from the band's latest studio album, Octavarium, appear in the entire setlist.
- There are various numbers on Mike Portnoy's kit throughout the DVD. These refer to a mysterious number system found in the TV show Lost.
- Train of Thought ends with the song In the Name of God, and the next studio album, Octavarium, starts with The Root of all Evil. This is the same with DT's albums Live in Budokan and Score - Live in Budokan ends with In the Name of God and Score starts with The Root of all Evil. (On the CD version of Score, a clip from In the Name of God is playing over the PA system before the band start playing)
- During the performance of "Under A Glass Moon", John Petrucci's guitar rig mysteriously shut down leaving the song to continue with no guitar until around the end of the first chorus. In the Live DVD you can see Petrucci fiddle with his Pedalboard and then walk to the back of his cabinets. At this time the video focuses on the remaining 4 members of DT until Petrucci gets his rig working again. Subsequently, before the release of the CD and DVD, Petrucci recorded the missing guitar parts in a studio as to keep the flow of the show and song moving.
