Score (Dream Theater album)

Score
Live album by Dream Theater
Released August 29, 2006
Recorded April 1, 2006 - Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Genre Symphonic metal, progressive metal, progressive rock
Length 2:37:08
Label Rhino Entertainment
Director Mike Portnoy
Producer Ethan Mesmer
Dream Theater chronology

Octavarium
(2005)		 Score
(2006)		 Systematic Chaos
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rock Reviews [2]
Score
Video by Dream Theater
Released August 29, 2006
Recorded April 1, 2006 - Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Genre Symphonic metal, progressive metal, progressive rock
Length 2:44:20 (Disc 1)
1:27:42 (Disc 2)
Label Rhino Entertainment
Dream Theater chronology

Live at Budokan
(2004)		 Score
(2006)		 Chaos In Motion 2007/2008
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [3]
Metal Review [4]
PopMatters [5]

Score is a 3 CD/2 DVD combination by progressive metal/rock 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. Octavarium makes reference to the numbers five and eight; at the time of Score's release, Dream Theater had, in their discography, five live albums and eight studio albums.

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 omitted from Falling Into Infinity.

In Australia, the 3-CD boxset was released on September 2, 2006.

On October 15, 2006, Score was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

CD

All music composed by Dream Theater except where noted.

Disc one
No. TitleLyricsPerformer(s) Length
1. "The Root of All Evil"  Mike PortnoyDream Theater 8:22
2. "I Walk Beside You"  John PetrucciDream Theater 4:11
3. "Another Won"  PetrucciDream Theater 5:22
4. "Afterlife"  Charlie DominiciDream Theater 5:56
5. "Under a Glass Moon"  PetrucciDream Theater 7:29
6. "Innocence Faded"  PetrucciDream Theater 5:36
7. "Raise the Knife"  PortnoyDream Theater 11:43
8. "The Spirit Carries On"  PetrucciDream Theater 9:46
Disc two
No. TitleLyrics... Length
1. "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (music: Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Portnoy)Petrucci, PortnoyDream Theater & The Octavarium Orchestra 41:33
2. "Vacant" (music: Myung, Rudess)James LaBrieDream Theater & The Octavarium Orchestra 3:01
3. "The Answer Lies Within"  PetrucciDream Theater & The Octavarium Orchestra 5:36
4. "Sacrificed Sons"  LaBrieDream Theater & The Octavarium Orchestra 10:38
Disc three
No. TitleLyrics... Length
1. "Octavarium"  LaBrie, Petrucci, PortnoyDream Theater & the Octavarium Orchestra 27:16
2. "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper"  PetrucciDream Theater & the Octavarium Orchestra 10:39

DVD

Tracks 1 through 8 feature Dream Theater alone. Tracks 9 through 14 feature Dream Theater and The Octavarium Orchestra.

Disc one

  1. "The Root of All Evil" – 9:32
  2. "I Walk Beside You" – 4:10
  3. "Another Won" – 5:40
  4. "Afterlife" – 7:28
  5. "Under a Glass Moon" – 7:27
  6. "Innocence Faded" – 6:16
  7. "Raise the Knife" – 11:51
  8. "The Spirit Carries On" – 9:37
  9. "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" – 41:26
  10. "Vacant" – 3:03
  11. "The Answer Lies Within" – 5:36
  12. "Sacrificed Sons" – 10:36
  13. "Octavarium" – 27:29
  14. "Metropolis" – 11:16
  15. Credits – 2:53

Disc two

Personnel

Octavarium Orchestra

Conductor
Violins
Violas
Cellos
French Horn
Bass Trombone
Flute
B Flat Clarinet
Trumpet
Percussion

RIAA Certifications

These statistics were compiled from the RIAA certification online database.[6] They only apply to the DVD.

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