''Score'' is a live album and DVD by

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. It was recorded on April 1, 2006 at

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. The concert was the last 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

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. 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

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on August 25, 2006, 4 days before the release of the album and DVD. It was released on September 2, 2006 in Australia. The title of the album comes from the word "score", meaning the number twenty, in reference to the band's 20th anniversary. It can also refer to a conductor's musical score, which is seen on the album cover. Two of the songs recorded on this album were previously unreleased: "Another Won," a song written by the band in their earlier years, when they were known as Majesty; and "Raise the Knife", a song recorded for but omitted from ''

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''. In Australia, the three-disc version of the album was released on September 2, 2006.

Track listing

CD

All music composed by

except where noted.

DVD

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

Disc one

The Root of All Evil Root of all evil or Root of evil may refer to: Music * ''The Root of All Evil'' (album), a 2009 album by Swedish death metal band Arch Enemy * ''The Root of All Evil'' (EP), Japanese work by all-female tribute band Iron Maidens * "The Root of Al ...

" (from ''Octavarium'') – 9:32 #"I Walk Beside You" (from ''Octavarium'') – 4:10 #"Another Won" (from ''

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) – 7:28 #" Under a Glass Moon" (from ''

Images and Words ''Images and Words'' is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on July 7, 1992, through Atco Records. It is the first Dream Theater release to feature James LaBrie on vocals. Since its release, the alb ...

'') – 7:27 #"Innocence Faded" (from ''

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'') – 6:16 #"Raise the Knife" (unreleased track ''from the

sessions'') – 11:51 #"The Spirit Carries On" (from '' Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'') – 9:37 #"

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' is the sixth full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater, released as a double-disc album on January 29, 2002 through Elektra Records. Excluding the '' A Change of Seasons'' EP, it is the ...

" (from ''

'') – 41:26 #"Vacant" (from ''

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'') – 3:03 #"The Answer Lies Within" (from ''Octavarium'') – 5:36 #"Sacrificed Sons" (from ''Octavarium'') – 10:36 #"

Octavarium ''Octavarium'' is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on June 7, 2005, it was the band's final release with Atlantic Records. Recorded between September 2004 and February 2005, it was the last albu ...

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" (from ''Images and Words'') – 11:16 #Credits – 2:53

Disc two

*"The Score So Far..." 20th Anniversary Documentary – 56:25 *Octavarium Animation – 3:06 *" Another Day" (Live in Tokyo – August 26, 1993) (from ''Images and Words'') – 4:47 *"The Great Debate" (Live in Bucharest – July 4, 2002) (from ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'') – 13:37 *"Honor Thy Father" (Live in Chicago – August 12, 2005) (from ''Train of Thought'') – 9:47

Personnel

James LaBrie Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, 1963) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead singer of American progressive metal band Dream Theater, which he has been fronting since 1991. Early life Kevin James LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, Ontar ...

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John Myung John Ro Myung (; born January 24, 1967) is an American bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater. Background and personal life Born in Chicago to South Korean parents, Myung grew up with John Petrucci on Lo ...

– Bass *

John Petrucci John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced or co-produced (often with former member Mike Portnoy before he departed the band in 201 ...

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Mike Portnoy Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American musician who is primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. In September 2010, Portnoy announced his departur ...

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Jordan Rudess Jordan Rudess (born Jordan Charles Rudes; November 4, 1956) is an American musician, software developer and composer best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the progressive metal supergroup Liquid Tension Experi ...

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Octavarium Orchestra

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Official site news update regarding the album
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