08-23-2017, 10:17 PM
Here is the 24 min masterpiece that Dream Theater came up with in 2005. It is the album ending and it is a conceptual song. This album has each song composed in a different key of the octave and there are 8 songs which means each key is used. This song has a lyrical concept about the octave. I think it was influenced by Pink Floyd's ''Shine on you crazy diamond''. Here is the live version with an orchestra during the filming of their 20th years aniversary DVD called ''Score''. The begining is played on a Continuum Haken fingerboard, an instrument relatively young which the keyboardist Jordan Ruddess is known for being one of the first and main user. It is like a piano that has no percussive sound to it, but instead the sound of each note blends into the next and create this very spacey sound. That song goes through five different sections with various styles. The climax reaches the fourth section called intervals where there is a huge build up that leads to the final section with this epic and magnificient guitar solo full of emotions and beauty.
And here is the album version for a much cleaner and less muddy sound.