DREAM THEATER - SCORE: 20TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR LIVE WITH THE OCTAVARIUM ORCHESTRA

The day I saw the DVD on the shelf in the music store I just couldn't believe it! I was just telling my friends around me:"what?.... hell...this cannot be...do you realize what I'm holding in my hands?" they looked at me as if I had gone crazy............but guess what? I was right!

Man, this is not a gig, this is THE gig, truly incredible, pure musical ecstasy in one disc of real bliss.Excellent the previously unrealesed songs especially "Raising the knife" which has a very epic chorus, somewhat similar to "Misunderstood" (from the six degrees of inner turbulence album)...not to mention The Spirit Carries On...simply one of the most well arranged tracks of all times.

But the best has yet to come: I'm talking about the Orchestra section

Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: STUNNING....featuring the first section "Overture" rearranged only for orchestra, this song goes on developing trough great musical moments (think about "Goodnight Kiss" and "Solitary Shell") and ends up with the INCREDIBLE movement number eight "Losing Time/Grand Finale" which recalls in the title the closing of the famous 2112 rush suite, and in the very end the "endless chord" reminds so much of "A day in the life" by The Beatles (loved very deeply by Portnoy). The gig goes on with beautiful tracks like "The Answer Lies Within" and the very short "Vacant"

Sacrificed Sons: Background noises, voices dealing with terrorism while images of ground zero appears on the screen...sounds like Pink Floyd, and then this beautiful epic song come in with an excellent orchestra work, perfectly arranged as usual.

Octavarium: what can I say about this one? Not only it's the most beautiful Dream Theater song, because it shows you the real essence of the band, but one of the most, if not the most, beautiful song of all times....It was expected to be good and it was GREAT, every part of it; I could even give way to the possibility that this version could be even better than the album one, in fact it's slightly different (the orchestra parts in the end of the "Someone Like Him" and in the whole "Medicate" movement is simply genius.(try listening to the precise moment when LaBrie sings: "So suddenly, the only thing I wanted to become, to be someone just like him").Not to mention the leggendary "Razor's Edge" section, with the incredibly moving Petrucci solo and the awesome, gorgeous, amazing orchestra arrangement: sends shivers down your spine.

This is the best concert I ever saw in my whole life, it's simply incredible... This confirms Dream Theater as today's most interesting band in the world, the long expected heirs to 70 prog leader bands, with a twist of Metal, of course.

5 stars all the way, this is a masterpiece for every prog lover.

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