| False Awakening Suite | |
| Dream Theater | |
| Length | 2:42 |
| Working title | (Unknown) |
| Release date | 20th September 2013 |
| Lyrics | (Instrumental) |
| Music | Dream Theater |
| First live performance | Coliseu de Porto, Portugal |
| Total live plays | |
| Recorded | Cove City Sound Studios |
| Other appearances | |
| Previous song | Beneath the Surface |
| Next song | The Enemy Inside |
False Awakening Suite is the opening track on Dream Theater's eponymous 12th studio album, Dream Theater. It features a string ensemble conducted and arranged by Eren Başbuğ. The track was intended as a cinematic opening for their live shows, to replace the music from motion picture soundtracks such as Inception.
Personnel
Band
- John Petrucci - Guitar
- John Myung - Bass
- Jordan Rudess - Keyboard
- Mike Mangini - Drums, percussion
String Ensemble
- Misha Gutenberg (Concert Master), Larisa Vollis - Violin I
- Yelena Khaimova, Yevgeniy Mansurov - Violin 2
- Aleksandr Anisimov, Noah Wallace - Viola
- Anastasia Golenisheva, Valeriya Sholokhova - Cello
- Len Sluetsky - Contrabass
Tone
The purpose of this track is to be a cinematic and dramatic opening to the album and to their live shows. It's therefore quite dark and intense in tone.