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| - S&M (short for "Symphony & Metallica") contains performances of Metallica songs with additional symphonic accompaniment, which was composed by Michael Kamen, who also conducted the orchestra during the concert. The idea to combine heavy metal with an epic classical approach, as James Hetfield has stated repeatedly, was an idea of Cliff Burton. Burton’s love of classical music, especially of Johann Sebastian Bach, can be traced back to many instrumental parts and melodic characteristics in Metallica’s songwriting including songs from "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets". The other inspiration was Apocalyptica's album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, which included Metallica's songs played on four cellos and Deep Purple's 1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra. Purple revived their hyb
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| - James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich
- James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett
- Ennio Morricone
- James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Dave Mustaine
- James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton
- James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett
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| - S&M (short for "Symphony & Metallica") contains performances of Metallica songs with additional symphonic accompaniment, which was composed by Michael Kamen, who also conducted the orchestra during the concert. The idea to combine heavy metal with an epic classical approach, as James Hetfield has stated repeatedly, was an idea of Cliff Burton. Burton’s love of classical music, especially of Johann Sebastian Bach, can be traced back to many instrumental parts and melodic characteristics in Metallica’s songwriting including songs from "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets". The other inspiration was Apocalyptica's album Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, which included Metallica's songs played on four cellos and Deep Purple's 1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra. Purple revived their hybrid musical performance in 1999's "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" after being notified that Metallica were doing orchestral concert earlier that year. In addition to songs from previous albums spanning "Ride the Lightning" through ReLoad, there are two new compositions: "No Leaf Clover" and "- Human". "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone, Metallica's entrance music, was played live by the orchestra. "No Leaf Clover" has since been performed by Metallica in concert, using a recording of the orchestral prelude. "- Human", credited as "Minus Human", was included in the soundtrack of the Electronic Arts game NHL 99, but has never subsequently been performed. Several other songs, including "Wasting My Hate", "The Unforgiven", "Low Man's Lyric", "Fade to Black", The Unforgiven 2, "Through the Never", "Harvester of Sorrow", and unexpectedly "...and Justice for All" was a thought for the setlist but due to the gap since they last played it and with little time to prepare it was chopped, also "Ronnie" and even "Mama Said" were considered for selection, but were eventually dropped as it was decided by both Metallica and Kamen that they were not well suited for symphonic accompaniment. On the S&M DVD documentary, Metallica and Kamen can be seen and heard discussing the orchestration for the Anti-Nowhere League and Metallica favourite cover-song "So What?", though it's obvious both parties were enjoying a good joke and had no intentions of performing the song. Changes were made to the lyrics of some songs, most notably the removal of the second verse and chorus of "The Thing That Should Not Be" and playing the third verse in its place. The "S" in the stylized "S&M" on the album cover is a backwards treble clef, while the "M" is taken from Metallica's logo. The drum kit Ulrich used on the album currently resides in a Guitar Center in San Francisco. The DVD is filled with various extras, aside from the concert in its entirety. There is a 41-minute documentary, featuring a look into the making of S&M, including behind the scenes footage, interviews with Metallica, Michael Kamen, the SF Symphony, and much more. Much like Cunning Stunts, S&M features four multi-angle songs (Wolf, Fuel, Sad, and Sandman), which allows the viewer to choose their favorite band member and follow them around for the whole song. In addition to the concert, as you've heard on the album, you can also listen to separate stereo tracks for the band and for the orchestra. Also included are two additional versions of "No Leaf Clover" (Slice & Dice video version and Maestro Edit).
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