DREAM THEATER SCORE - coming 8/29/06!

ORIGINAL: jbn1

Just got back from Best Buy with my copy (they didn't have the cd though).  Now the real challange will be setting aside a good few hours to watch it.

Yeah, what is up with that?

ORIGINAL: roburado

I watched the documentary first. Then, the rest of the extras. Then, the concert.

Me too.

me too... but mostly because i was watching it in my laptop at work, so i decided to leave most of the actual concert for home :)

ORIGINAL: Marcelo

Not #7 anymore.... NOW IS #5 ... check it out..
http://www.cduniverse.com/charts.asp?style=movie&cat=alltime&cart=386197654

Holy crap, that's just awesome.

I couldn't get mine yesterday. I could only go out at 10 pm last night, and the only store open was Borders, and they only had 2 in stock, and they were both sold.

damn it was worth the wait :P as many have pointed out, James sounds *great*, i can't stop listening to (or err watching) Metropolis!! O.o this sooooo makes me want to see Dream Theater live again, SOOOON, damn..

only problem i have is the audio and video aren't in sync :| it gets worse towards the end.. dunno what's wrong, is it the player or what :/

i didn't watch disc two yet..

The first set was pure eargasm. I can't remember when I heard something that impressive last time.

The second set wasn't quite that great. The orchestra souns horrible without the band, and even some moments with the band sounded a bit bad. Fortunately Sacrified Sons, Octavarium and Metropolis sound fine. And the Grand Finale of Six Degrees is also amazing.

ORIGINAL: SirJuzzi
The orchestra souns horrible without the band,

 
Just my .02...
 
I noticed a few flubs but nothing 'horrible'. I've watched it a couple times, and to me it seems like the orchestra sound improves as they progressed into the set. Almost like towards the beginning they were in a warming up phase. This was kind of the impression I had when I was there as well. Maybe it's just me.
 
Either way, I left the show uplifted. There was a definate amazing vibe in the venue. This DVD represents the night well. I think the band should be proud of it.

ORIGINAL: Softball35
And this version of 6DOIT has now entered the ranks of A Change of Seasons imo.  A fantastic dvd reminding me of memories from an amazing night.

 
I just read this here and wanted to second that feeling.  6DOIT was the first track I went to both on the CD and the DVD because I remember just about jumping out of my skin that night when the orchestra started with the overture.   I remember thinking at the show, "Hey, they haven't played this part of 6DOIT this entire tour.....WHOA!  THAT'S A STRING SECTION!  HOLY SHIT!"
 
The entire song though absolutely now ranks up there with A Change of Seasons as maybe my favorite song of theirs.  And to think, I've gotten to see them do it beginning to end live twice now - just like I'm sure some of you other NYers have as well. 

I stayed up till 1:45 in the morning watching the entire thing (& I had to get up for work 5 hours later).  My reaction to the whole thing...
 
 

 
This just made me even more sick that I was unable to catch a show on this tour, let alone attend this show.  The video was great (even though I loved LaB, I perfer video to film), the sound was FLAWLESS!
 
Everybody was indeed on their A-game, especially James, who was almost entirely note-perfect.  The orchestra, what else can I say, definately an awesom way to end their 20th year on a bang.
 
The bonus material was great.  Despite the fact that I thought the band doccumentary could have been longer then an hour & could have been a LITTLE more in-depth, I thoroughly enjoyed it & would show it to anyone who was interested in some background info on the band.
 
Like Kevman said earlier, this is one of those moments where you just sit back, crack a smile & remember why you love this band so much.
 
Here's to 20 more great years!

I like LAB better.

What's weirder than Score being number 6 now at CDUniverse.. is I&W/FYIALT being number 1!

3rd time around watching it. The sound is unblievable and all produced in 5 months .
Disc two confirmed my feelings with how the music industry interferes with the creation of music.  The industry almost took the future away from DT. Lucky Mike stood up to them. Anyway it's time for the 4th viewing.
Outstanding concert. Thanks

To those of you who were there -- when did the curtain go up revealing the orchestra? I didn't notice an obviously huge roar while they were playing Overture, so I am assuming it went up before they started?

This DVD is AMAZING! I wasn't expecting it to be this good. I wasn't one of the people creaming in anticipation the past month or two. I was at the show and loved it then. But the DVD of it is great!

If I would have spent $500 for just a DVD of the performance of 6DOIT it would have been well worth it.

ORIGINAL: Chris Hinton

To those of you who were there -- when did the curtain go up revealing the orchestra? I didn't notice an obviously huge roar while they were playing Overture, so I am assuming it went up before they started?

I wasn't back at my seat yet, but my jaw dropped...lots of people's jaws dropped...

Is it just my disc or does the DVD pause for a second at the 13:23 mark of 6DOIT (during the beginning of War Inside My Head)?

ORIGINAL: DT_DD

Is it just my disc or does the DVD pause for a second at the 13:23 mark of 6DOIT (during the beginning of War Inside My Head)?

Not just you. We figured out that everyone's does too (it's a bad layer change or something), nothing can be done about it.

Just watched it tonight. 

I particular, I have to give kudos to whoever mixed and mastered the sound.  Absolutely STUNNING sound quality on this one (and I'm an absurdly picky audiophile here, so coming from me this is high praise).  Everything was mixed just perfect, and the drums and guitar in particular was recorded wonderfully. 

Wait.  Hold on a second.
 
Yes.
 
I indeed had a "romance" inside my pants.

ORIGINAL: Cecilia

ORIGINAL: DT_DD

Is it just my disc or does the DVD pause for a second at the 13:23 mark of 6DOIT (during the beginning of War Inside My Head)?

Not just you. We figured out that everyone's does too (it's a bad layer change or something), nothing can be done about it.

 
DT discs of late seem to have bad layer change location. i cant understand this. most movie dvds can "schedule" the layer changes on scene changes. and some concert dvds schedule the layer change in between songs.
 
why is it that on DT dvds, the layer change is in the middle of the song.
Trial of tears in budokan and now it seems in between 6DoiT.
 
 

Perhaps bad timing, manila. I don't know how much time they have to work with the layer change, but maybe it was tight and it was impossible to place between songs?

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Didn't care for the CD version of Score. Haven't seent he DVD yet, but I thought the energy was completely lost and for some reason they tried to make a live recording sound like a studio album. Also why in the world cut out JLB talking in between songs? That's WHY you buy a live album, to feel the interaction between band and audience!

Thought the orchestra sounded blah. I'm sympatetic to many reasons why this could be: Money, lack of rehersal time (again, money), and loss of aspects of sound in a recording process. But I still can't help but think that not only did the orchstra play lackluster, but the orchstration was baffling as well. With SDOIT, you can basically just ask Jordan for the MIDI files, and then cut and paste, right? A few additions here and there, but really it should write itself. But, ugh, all the inner harmony was gone. All the color was gone. Even something like "Goodnight Kiss", which has no excuse not to sound BETTER in orchstral score, gets killed by silly instrumentation and arrangement. I have no idea how this happened, and I know it's easy to say "I could have done better myself" when yer sitting at a computer, but I can't help but listen and really think so.

Damn...

What else can I add about this DVD that everyone else hasn't said about it already? I guess just some personal highlights:

-Another Won FUCKING ROCKED! I remember when they pulled this one out and played it here in Phoenix... I thought it was kick ass then... but the version here is just phenomenal! And if the note James held at the end didn't make you stand up in your living room and cheer out loud, then chances are you may not have a pulse. On that note as well:

-James LaBrie himself... I know people have been echoing it quite a few times, but his performance here is the best I've ever heard on a DT live video. Under A Glass Moon, Afterlife, The Spirit Carries On... James brought his A-game for this night, no doubt. Three cheers for the Canuck!

-Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence was mindblowing... the Goodnight Kiss / Solitary Shell section of this song always made me teary-eyed, but the having the orchestra playing along with the band for the transitional part made it that much more emotional...

-The Sea of Lights during The Spirit Carries On ... what was I saying about tear-jerking emotional moments? Wow...

-Raise The Knife...I have to admit, I was bit skeptical about this one for the setlist. I always thought it was a cool song, but I never really felt it was a strong enough track for an album, or strong enough of a track to be included on a 20th Anniversary DVD... I take that back after having watched them peform it here. In fact, this version blows the original right out of the water.

-Metropolis w/ The Orchestra - 'Nuff said.

Oh, and I gotta agree with Shadowfax on the mix... excellent job, especially on the CD too... you can pick out all the instrumentation pretty clearly, even the strings on the orchestra as well. Great job for such a short window of time!

All in all, I give this one 6 Ass n' Balls out of 5.

Score is unbelievable.

Now, was anyone else surprised or just intrigued by the SOFTNESS of the Continuum??  I always thought it was a hard shell, maybe fiberglass or some kind of hard plastic, but it looks like a stretchy pad of spandex or something.  I know its a small aside but I thought it was interesting. 

In any event, it sounds great, the band sounds great, JLB sounds just as good as I remembered him being that night, and overall the dvd is solid.

ORIGINAL: Virtuoso80

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Didn't care for the CD version of Score. Haven't seent he DVD yet, but I thought the energy was completely lost and for some reason they tried to make a live recording sound like a studio album. Also why in the world cut out JLB talking in between songs? That's WHY you buy a live album, to feel the interaction between band and audience!

Thought the orchestra sounded blah. I'm sympatetic to many reasons why this could be: Money, lack of rehersal time (again, money), and loss of aspects of sound in a recording process. But I still can't help but think that not only did the orchstra play lackluster, but the orchstration was baffling as well. With SDOIT, you can basically just ask Jordan for the MIDI files, and then cut and paste, right? A few additions here and there, but really it should write itself. But, ugh, all the inner harmony was gone. All the color was gone. Even something like "Goodnight Kiss", which has no excuse not to sound BETTER in orchstral score, gets killed by silly instrumentation and arrangement. I have no idea how this happened, and I know it's easy to say "I could have done better myself" when yer sitting at a computer, but I can't help but listen and really think so.

i cant imagine what is "silly" about any of the instrumentation and arrangement

elaborate much?

I got my copy of the cd and dvd in the mail yesterday afternoon and locked myself in my room to watch the concert straight through (of course with a 15 minute pause for intermission).

Now, if being there at the show (front row keyboard side, you can see me during About to Crash and a lot of other parts, not the least the end of the show when Jordan is shaking that guy's hands, I'm right next to him to the left of JR)....if being there wasn't enough magic and enough amazingness, this dvd just rounded out the end.

Sound - incredible.  Video - incredible.  Set - appropriate and a great setlist.  Performance - perfect.  James LaBrie - Awesome fucking vocalist.  JP - amazing.  MP - amazing.  JR - amazing. JM - amazing.  Orchestra - orgasmic. 

Six Degrees was the highlight for me since it was the first DT song I ever heard and probably my favorite "epic".  This night was just magical...the vibe in the audience, spirit carries on!!!!!!!

This DVD chilled me right till the end, it was great and imo far better than LAB for a couple reasons.  LAB was a great dvd, however, I feel that the camera angles on SCORE were more intimate and you can really see the band play their asses off with the shots they took.  It was great being able to see the guy go around the drumset, zooming in on JP and JR and JM hands and being able to see them playing their amazing solos and really having it put them in the spotlight for that time.

The audience was amazing...I keep remembering looking out that night during Spirit Carries On and getting shivers in my spine from all the lighters, cell phones, the hands swaying, everyone singing their asses off to end the first half and then everyone screaming when the curtains rose for the second half...

Absolutely no complaints here - I can never get enough Dream Theater.  Thank you Mike Portnoy and of course, the rest of the band, for all your hard work in a orgasmic culminating show and an equally orgasmic DVD/CD live set.

Emeric

ORIGINAL: Loser1

ORIGINAL: SirJuzzi
The orchestra souns horrible without the band,

Just my .02...

I noticed a few flubs but nothing 'horrible'. I've watched it a couple times, and to me it seems like the orchestra sound improves as they progressed into the set. Almost like towards the beginning they were in a warming up phase. This was kind of the impression I had when I was there as well. Maybe it's just me.

Either way, I left the show uplifted. There was a definate amazing vibe in the venue. This DVD represents the night well. I think the band should be proud of it.

 
The orchestra sounded a bit out-of-tune to me at times, especially towards the beginning. 
I wonder what the reasons might be for this - maybe they did not have an opportunity to tune to the concertmaster as is standard practice for an orchestral concert? 
Does anyone who was in attendance, sitting close to the stage, have any idea if this was done, or would they have tuned up backstage (subjecting instruments to temperature variation, etc, on the way to the stage)?
I'm also curious about how much prep/rehearsal time the orchestra had, and how the orchestra was composed.  Had they played together regularly before, or did they come together for this gig?
Too bad they didn't quite nail it with their performance, but having the orchestra was a fantastic idea.  As someone with a strong appreciation for classical music and orchestral performances, I really enjoyed hearing DT play with the orchestra.  Great stuff...
I would be cool to hear Symphony X do it with The Odyssey one of these days...

Score is incredible.
 
I rushed to Borders on Tuesday to get it, only to be frightened when I couldn't find it.  I asked someone to look, and they had *ONE* copy of each in stock.  Jesus, I can't believe only having one copy of ANYTHING on a release day.  I'm sure DT could sell even better if they were stocked.
 

ORIGINAL: Virtuoso80

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Didn't care for the CD version of Score. Haven't seent he DVD yet, but I thought the energy was completely lost and for some reason they tried to make a live recording sound like a studio album. Also why in the world cut out JLB talking in between songs? That's WHY you buy a live album, to feel the interaction between band and audience!

Thought the orchestra sounded blah. I'm sympatetic to many reasons why this could be: Money, lack of rehersal time (again, money), and loss of aspects of sound in a recording process. But I still can't help but think that not only did the orchstra play lackluster, but the orchstration was baffling as well. With SDOIT, you can basically just ask Jordan for the MIDI files, and then cut and paste, right? A few additions here and there, but really it should write itself. But, ugh, all the inner harmony was gone. All the color was gone. Even something like "Goodnight Kiss", which has no excuse not to sound BETTER in orchstral score, gets killed by silly instrumentation and arrangement. I have no idea how this happened, and I know it's easy to say "I could have done better myself" when yer sitting at a computer, but I can't help but listen and really think so.

 
maybe it was a world class band, being together with a non-world class orchestra. did you notice that the orchestra's name is "Octavarium Orchestra?" which kinda suggests that it was just put together for this show.
Its not like "The New York Philharmonic" or "The New York Symphony" (if any of those two exists anyways) which is an institution and wouldn't allow their name to be changed.
 
Unlike Metallica's S&M, which was with the "San Francisco Symphony" and not the "Load Orchestra"
 
as you may have said, it might have been the lack of money.
 
 

I would be cool to hear Symphony X do it with The Odyssey one of these days...


The would be kick ass!!

i was at the show, but i forget when Petrucci lost his guitar for awhile. At what point was this?

Oh and Drumline, nice shot of you at the end of the show.

Overall, it's a good DVD Mix is awesome! I personally like the Budokan setlist, "film look" and directing more though. As always, DT was flawless in Score. Orchestra with Metropolis was the best IMO. Keep up the good work DT!

PS. I will need to check it out a couple more times for it to sink in...but it's first impression is good!

ORIGINAL: theamazingchuy

i was at the show, but i forget when Petrucci lost his guitar for awhile. At what point was this?

Oh and Drumline, nice shot of you at the end of the show.

 
It was during under a glass moon

After watching the dvd, and of course paying attention to what I like to call the "nitpickers delight" such as the differences between LaB and this(cine look in LaB, setlist, orchestration arrangements) and this is what I have to say:

LaB was in support of Train of Thought, obviously, which was a dark heavy album, so the feel of this release was definately the Dark and heavy side of DT, with a few softies in there and Score, which was in support of Octavarium and celebrating 20 years, had a range of soft to heavy, but mostly keeping it mellow and smooth the entire way through. I Walk Beside You, Innocence Faded, The Spirit Carries on, Six Degrees(the most part), The Answer Lies Within, Sacrificed Sons, and Octavarium(I, II, and V) represent the softer more melodic side of DT.

Overall, this is a great DVD with a great Setlist, the orchestra was a bit rusty at first but they opened up and kicked ass.

I definately recommend this for any die hard Dream Theater fan, and for those who don't necessarily prefer the heavier side as well.

I haven't managed to watch the whole DVD yet, but I just can't get over the awesomeness of the fact that JLB sounds as good on this DVD as he sounded when I saw DT in Wolverhampton last October. I don't even care if there were overdubs because I saw this show live and I KNOW that JLB was singing exactly like this (if not even better).

I can't describe how happy I am to have a DVD of this truly STUNNING performance. Hats off, James.

Mike is my hero and it will always be!!!

ok guys.... i have ordered the dvd but havent got it yet... u can  imagine how i feel with most of u having seen it and saying your impression... anyway...
 
im sure ill love the dvd as much as i loved he concert live...
unfortunately i can remember the orchestra being out of tune and rhythm in many parts and hope i could avoic them in the dvd but wtf? its still dt with an orchestra!!
 
btw... have they done anything about jp guitar going down on under a glass moon???
 

Yea, they added his guitar in the part where it went out.