Stars: Dream Theater

Summary: Tracklisting details include DVD 1 : 'As I Am', 'This Dying Soul', 'Beyond This Life', 'Hollow Years', 'In The Name Of God', 'Pull Me Under', 'Only A Matter Of Time', 'Trail Of Tears' and more. Sixteen tracks in total. DVD 2 includes: 'Riding The Train Of Thought' documentary, Instrumedley, Drum Solo and Band History Biography.

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A treasure-trove for Dream Theater fans, Live at Budokanpresents an entire three-hour performance at Tokyo's famed Budokan arena on April 26, 2004, along with a bonus disc rich in supplementary material. Disc 1 finds the metallic progressive-rock quintet at its awe-inspiring best, plowing through its catalogue of dramatic epics and jack-hammer instrumentals, including five of the seven songs from 2003's Train of Thought. Disc 2 features an extended drum solo from percussionist extraordinaire Mike Portnoy; gear tours from guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess (fascinating for lay people and downright revelatory for musicians); and a half-hour documentary on DT's 2004 stint in Japan punctuated by tantalizing snippets of band rehearsals. The shooting and editing for the concert are a music lover's dream, with lengthy shots that linger on the performances of individual band members. Disc 2 takes this even further with a multi-angle sequence of the 12-minute "Instrumedley".

Production values are extremely high: it's a widescreen presentation shot on high-def video and nicely mixed for multichannel Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound (with a thinner, collapsed version of the same for Dolby 2.0). --Michael Mikesell

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Release Date:	November 29, 2004
Runtime:	220 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	0349 70366 2
Keywords:	Music, Dream, Live, Rock, Pop, Performing, Theater, Arts, Popular, Budokan
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts