Entire Dream Theater catalog a possibility!

[NoahTheDuke]

Yeah, no Octavarium. Not unless they split it into multiple tracks. Actually, I just went through the DT discography, and made notes about each of the songs that probably won't make it. I guess I could post it here too! (I originally made it for Scorehero.)

When Dream And Day Unite:
1. A Fortune in Lies 5:12
2. Status Seeker 4:15
3. The Ytse Jam 5:43
4. The Killing Hand 8:40
5. Light Fuse and Get Away 7:23
6. Afterlife 5:27
7. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun 8:04
8. Only a Matter of Time 6:35

Cool. The whole album! I can't wait for Ytse Jame and The Killing Hand. Totally awesome songs.

Images And Words:
1. Pull Me Under 8:11
2. Another Day 4:24
3. Take the Time 8:21
4. Surrounded 5:30
5. Metropolis, Pt. I: The Miracle and the Sleeper 9:32
6. Under a Glass Moon 7:04
7. Wait for Sleep 2:32
8. Learning to Live 11:31

All but Learning To Live. LtL makes me super sad, but holy **** Under A Glass Moon? That solo is fantastic. Also, another GH song. Cha-ching! Will they chart Wait For Sleep only for Vocals? Who knows? I love the song, though.

Awake:
1. 6:00 5:31
2. Caught in a Web 5:28
3. Innocence Faded 5:43
4. A Mind Beside Itself: I. Erotomania 6:45
5. A Mind Beside Itself: II. Voices 9:53
6. A Mind Beside Itself: III. The Silent Man 3:48
7. The Mirror 6:45
8. Lie 6:34
9. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream 6:05
10. Scarred 11:00
11. Space-Dye Vest 7:29

Scarred is beautiful, and I weep for its' exclusion. It fades out, but not soon enough. The songs we do get more than make up for it, though: The Mirror, Erotomania, 6:00!

A Change Of Seasons:
Way too long. Even if they try to split it up, it'd have to be in at least 3 parts. Ouch.

Falling Into Infinity:
1. New Millennium 8:20
2. You Not Me 4:58
3. Peruvian Skies 6:43
4. Hollow Years 5:53
5. Burning My Soul 5:29
6. Hell's Kitchen 4:16
7. Lines in the Sand 12:05
8. Take Away My Pain 6:03
9. Just Let Me Breathe 5:28
10. Anna Lee 5:51
11. Trial of Tears 13:07

Trial Of Tears could easily be split into its' three parts, the cuts being at 6:11 and 9:59. Not the smoothest, but it's Dream Theater. They'll figure it out. Lines In The Sand, in the same vein, could be two parts. Or not. It might be too much of a hassle. Oh well. Just Let Me Breathe is sweet.

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory:
1. Scene One: Regression 2:06
2. Scene Two, Part. I: Overture 1928 3:37
3. Scene Two, Part. II: Strange Déjà Vu 5:12
4. Scene Three, Part. I: Through My Words 1:02
5. Scene Three, Part.II: Fatal Tragedy 6:49
6. Scene Four: Beyond This Life 11:22
7. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes 5:29
8. Scene Six: Home 12:53
9. Scene Seven, Part. I: The Dance of Eternity 6:13
10. Scene Seven, Part. II: One Last Time 3:46
11. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On 6:38
12. Scene Nine: Finally Free 11:59

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-. My favorite album. To lose any of these songs is super disappointing, especially Home and Beyond This Life. Finally Free might make the cut if they trim off the fade-out radio drama stuff. The studio version ends the music abruptly at 9:49, so we can only hope, right? Also, The Dance Of Eternity. Period.

Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence:
1. The Glass Prison 13:52
2. Blind Faith 10:21
3. Misunderstood 9:34
4. The Great Debate 13:43
5. Disappear 6:46
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 42:04
* I. "Overture 6:50
* II. "About to Crash 5:51
* III. "War Inside My Head 2:08
* IV. "The Test That Stumped Them All 5:03
* V. "Goodnight Kiss 6:17
* VI. "Solitary Shell 5:48
* VII. "About to Crash (Reprise) 4:05
* VIII. "Losing Time"/"Grand Finale 6:01

Lol. I mean, all I can do is laugh, because of how long each of these songs is. SDoIT could work with each part separate. The Glass Prison is, sadly, way too long, so there go my dreams of playing the whole AA suite. (:-P) The mixers/trackers could easily trim the really unnessecary (for RB) synth outro of Blind Faith to make it less than ten. No way to trim Great Debate however. Damn.

(ASIDE: A cool factoid I just learned on Wikipedia: "In the song "Misunderstood," John Petrucci wrote and played the guitar solo, and then reversed it. He then learned how to play this reversed sound, and after recording it reversed it once more. This resulted in a solo that sounded like his original solo but with a unique twist to the way the notes played.[4] This technique was originally developed by George Harrison, on the Beatles song "I'm Only Sleeping"." What a badass.)

Train Of Thought:
1. As I Am 7:47
2. This Dying Soul 11:28
3. Endless Sacrifice 11:23
4. Honor Thy Father 10:14
5. Vacant 2:58
6. Stream of Consciousness 11:16
7. In the Name of God 14:16

*sigh* This Dying Soul has no fat at all, nor does Endless Sacrifice. Honor Thy Father could /possibly/ be made at or under 10 minutes, but it's rough. No easy outros. Same with Steam of Consciousness and In The Name Of God: Nothing to cut. So, all we're left with on this album is As I Am and Vacant. Awesome. :-( We might not even have Vacant, as it's Vocals only. Damn.

Octavarium:
1. The Root of All Evil 8:25
2. The Answer Lies Within 5:33
3. These Walls 7:36
4. I Walk Beside You 4:29
5. Panic Attack 8:13
6. Never Enough 6:46
7. Sacrificed Sons 10:42
8. Octavarium 24:00

Panic Attack is already on RB, so that's nice. Sacrificed Sons has a huge intro. The piano doesn't start the music of the song until 58 seconds in, cutting the song down to 9:45. Sweet. Octavarium, however, is long and seemless. Someone smarter than I could probably cut it up, but it's the same as A Change Of Seasons. *shakes head* **** yeah, Never Enough!

Systematic Chaos:
1. In the Presence of Enemies, Part. I 9:00
2. Forsaken 5:35
3. Constant Motion 6:55
4. The Dark Eternal Night 8:53
5. Repentance 10:43
6. Prophets of War 6:00
7. The Ministry of Lost Souls 14:57
8. In the Presence of Enemies, Part. II 16:38

Repentance has a long outro, but it doesn't fade out or cut out, so trimming that will be difficult. Maybe the middle where the guest artists are confessing? **** The Ministry Of Lost Souls. **** that song right off the album. Just, grrrrrr. In The Presence Of Enemies, Part II could probably be cut into two or three parts. Maybe. I don't know. We might finally get The Dark Eternal Night, so now everyone can stop *****ing about how we need to get it. (I love you guys.)

Black Clouds & Silver Linings:
1. A Nightmare to Remember 16:10
2. A Rite of Passage 8:35
3. Wither 5:25
4. The Shattered Fortress 12:49
5. The Best of Times 13:07
6. The Count of Tuscany 19:16

None of the 10+ minute songs on this album has easy cuts, except for the 2112 section towards the end of The Count Of Tuscany. Otherwise, they're all really smooth songs without gaps anywhere for cuts. Poop. But, A Rite Of Passage is totally sweet, and the solo is brilliant, so that's a plus.

Do you all think they'll also put out live albums or other such non-studio things?

Noah

[SenorLarry]

It's times like this that I wish I had a 360. Hopefully RBN will come to the other systems in RB3, 'cause Dream Theater would be epic.

[Sento Kaiba]

Hmm, it has left me wondering if the whole DT discography is going to be covered, could the live covers of other bands/songs be charted/for sale on the RBN?

[jayou521]

Hmm, it has left me wondering if the whole DT discography is going to be covered, could the live covers of other bands/songs be charted/for sale on the RBN?

Covers are not allowed on the RBN.

[wrldindstries302]

They could be a driving force in getting highly well known bands into RBN.

This could be true if Dream Theater was a well known band.

[Thom1234]

Instrumedley pl0x.

EDIT: Damn, forgot that about half of their catalog will be unusable due to the idiotic 10-minute restriction. Thanks for screwing over pretty much every Prog Band with this stupid rule, HMX.

[trg007]

Yeah, I'm sure there's no technical reason for it at all, they just decided to impose the limit purposely to screw prog bands.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

We can have 10+ minute songs in Rock Band, but not through the RBN.

Oh. Okay. Thanks!

[Fizzeler]

As much as I dislike the last couple of albums, this would be epic if it happens.

Agreed 100% of course I am not sure about Dominici songs they may have to use Live versions for When Dream And Day Unite

[Ultrace]

This could be true if Dream Theater was a well known band.

Precisely. Dream Theater is not much more well-known than other bands we've seen on RBN. Among people who like their kind of music, they may be well-known, but they remain relatively anonymous to the public at large.

Still, if requests and reaction from the forums are any indication, something like this could definitely drive some sales and interest in RBN.