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The Meeting of A Thousand Suns
Video by
Linkin Park
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2010 (as a limited edition bonus DVD)
Recorded NRG Recording Studios
Genre Electronic rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, experimental rock, rap rock
Length29:46
Label Warner Bros. Records, Machine Shop Records
DirectorGhost Town
ProducerBill Boyd, Matthew Primm, David May (DVD Post Producer)
Linkin Park chronology
Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes
(2008)
The Meeting of A Thousand Suns
(2010)
A Thousand Suns+
(2011)

The Meeting of A Thousand Suns (also known as The Making of A Thousand Suns) is the eighth DVD by Linkin Park, released on September 08, 2010 through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Records. [1]

The release documented the band while recording their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns. It was included in the limited edition of the album. It also features the band recording some demos like "Dingleberry", "Meadowlands", "Pac-Manny" and "Violent Lullaby". All of these demos are still left unreleased. But all the demos are modified and released as singles and tracks "When They Come for Me", " Waiting for the End", " Blackout" and " The Catalyst" respectively for the album.

Chapter listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:29
2."All the band members"3:02
3." Rick Rubin"0:50
4."Recording songs and searching for some new music"3:15
5."Sampling for Blackout by Mike and Joe"0:58
6."Writing Lyrics and recording some vocals" (Recording of Waiting for the End)2:33
7."Listening to "Violent Lullaby" ( The Catalyst Demo)"3:08
8."Recording and listening to various songs" (" Wretches and Kings", "When They Come For Me", "Blackout" and " Burning in the Skies")0:45
9."Talking about the songs"1:00
10."Finding music from various instruments" (Band Members seen playing various instruments like "Harmonium", "Bongos", "Guitar", etc. (Even from some toys).)2:09
11."4 Months until Album delivery Deadline" (The recording of extra outro of "When They Come for Me")1:32
12."3 Months until Album delivery Deadline"0:49
13."2 Months until Album delivery Deadline" (The band is worried about the deadline)4:51
14."Climax and End Credits"5:35

Personnel

Linkin Park

Production

  • Produced by: Bill Boyd, Matthew Primm
  • Executive Producers: Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, The Collective
  • Director: Ryan Bartley
  • Associate Producer and Cinematography: Mark Fiore
  • Additional Footage: Mike Shinoda
  • Edited by: Mandy Brown, Mariana Blanco, Ryan Bartley
  • DVD-video producers: David May, Ghost Town Media
  • Technical director: Linkin Park
  • Sound Design: TK Broderick
  • Art direction and design: Mike Shinoda
  • Production Services: Films Dibovino
  • Analog Effects: Ryan Bartley, TK Broderick
  • Digital Effects: Brandon Parvini
  • Effects Editing: Ryan Bartley, Brandon Parvini
  • Color: Brandon Parvini
  • Title Design: Josh Vanover
  • Special Thanks: Rick Rubin, Warner Bros., NRG Recording Studios

References

  1. ^ "A Thousand Suns [Limited Edition, Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved September 21, 2012.