| Chris Boardman | Orchestration |
| Michael Kamen | Arranger, Producer, Liner Notes, Orchestration |
| Paul DeCarli | Digital Editing |
| Kirk Hammett | Composer |
| James Hetfield | Composer, Producer |
| George Marino | Mastering |
| Stephen McLaughlin | Engineering |
| Bob Rock | Producer, Engineer |
| Randy Staub | Engineer |
| Lars Ulrich | Composer, Producer |
| Brad Warnaar | Orchestration |
| Billy Bowers | Digital Editing |
| Cliff Burton | Composer |
| Geoffrey Alexander | Orchestration |
| Darren Grahn | Digital Editing |
| Bruce Babcock | Orchestration |
| Mike Gillies | Digital Editing |
| Pete Anthony | Orchestration |
| Jonathan Sacks | Orchestration |
| Ted Allen | Orchestration |
| Bob Elhai | Orchestration |
| Blake Neely | Orchestration |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
I like that their experimenting with their music but I think their studio albums were better
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Posted October 1, 2010
i loved classical music mixed with hard rock tis a awesome combo i love this album soooooooooo much that im gonna buy the sheet music for it for the bass guitar and yes im a beginner on the bass guitar i look up to legends like les claypool,cliff burton,jason newsted,and ryan from mudvayne,paul grey from slipknot,pig benis from mushroomhead,robert trujillo from metallica
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Posted October 1, 2010
I bought this album the day it came out. Seven years later, I need new discs because I've worn them out completely. I absolutely love this album. When I first heard the idea, I thought that this was going to be iffy at best. As it turns out, I still find myself choking up and fighting back tears from the awe and beauty of this album. This is the most powerful sounding thing i have ever heard. The insturments, Electric and Classical come together in a marriage of two of the most complex and riveting forms of music ever devised, Classical and Metal. The album starts off with "Escacy of Gold" and "The Call of Ktulu", which are insturmentals that get you a feeling of what you are probably in for. Then, with a crescendo of sweeping strings, a bomb explodes and the listener is treated to "Master of Puppets." This is, along with "Of Wolf and Man", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "One", and "Enter Sandman" are my favorite songs on the album. Already great tunes by themselves, they come alive with a new sound. The orchestra and the band flow in and out of each other beautifully. I have listened to this album hundreds of times now, and I'm still at the point of tears when I listen to the power and beauty of this album. When I play this for non-metal type pepole, you know, the ones who say "It's just a bunch of noise! It's not music!" They all get an education and realize that talnented musicians are present in all forms of music. Ok, so this isn't the 80's anymomre, and all the old school Mullet Headed (hey, I had one too in High School) Metal Heads love to trash this band. I love it when people say "Metallica Sold Out". Because you know what? They did, as in selling out concerts. In the end, when Metallica comes to town, Fans of three decades will line up to buy their tickets. Teenagers will be banging heads with Gen-X metalheads who get to bust the mullet out one more time. Metallica is a band who has evolved over the years. The reason many fans love the Pre-Black Album Stuff is because they changed their style. You can only make a sound like"Kill 'EM All" "Ride The Lightning", and "Master of Puppets" for so long before you lose base with a new audience. I'm not a huge fan of Load/Reload or St. Anger (although I love the Title Track off of that album), but I love the Black Album. That is what got me introduced to this band. Back to S&M, it stands alone as one of the greatest Live Albums ever made. It's powerful, it's beautiful, and it's epic.
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Posted October 1, 2010
When I heard that Metallica made an album that bred true rock with classical to create one of those gentically alterd offspring, I thought "sweet, it will bring out the power of their music". But as soon as I borrowed my friend's S&M CD and listened too it just crushed me. It sucked! Its like getting a mixed tape of Metallica's songs that were recorded by putting a microphone up to the radio while your communist, artsy brother is listening to Bach with the volume up. So let me lay it down for you: The people who thought this was good are the retards that listen to Dave Mathews or Blink 182, meaning if you are a true metal head, a true rocker, and love Metallica for its early work than you will not care for this album. I thought 'Puppet's harmonic guitar part before the solo is just the same (thought it would be outstanding but not that great).
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Posted October 1, 2010
S&M rocks. As I play lead guitar and violin, I love heavy metal and classical music (strange combo, I know). This is another album from Metallica proving that they were the best band around, and still are. The orchestra breathes new life into the songs and is a must have for any Tallica fan, new and old.
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Posted October 1, 2010
this is another ausome cd that metallica has.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Its all good apart from possibly hero of the day which is a poor song. the new material is mixed-no leaf clover rocks but minus human is average.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This is a stellar album. It is full of rich sound provided by the orchestra. This album has a great sound, a must have for the music guru.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Metallica has done it again. S&M is the best yet. Anything they made before was good but this rocks. Metallcia sounds good but add a great symphony and you have gold.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This Is has got to be the Best Consert album on the Market it is plain awesome. Some aren't to glad for this album because it has only 2 new songs on it, BUT it's a CONSERT album not a STUDIO album. And may I add that their new stuff sounds like something pre-black album too. AWESOME!!!!
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Posted October 1, 2010
First of all, I am sick of all these close minded people complaining that Metallica has sold out. We are talking about the best heavy metal band in music history. Haven't people ever heard of expanding your horizons? Metallica has such a mind for music that they love to experiment and fiddle with music pieces and instruments. This cd is unbelieveable. The way the symphony and Metallica collaborated to create a musical work of art is unbelivable. In my mind, Metallica has not run out of things to write. In fact, they are coming out with a new cd soon. I am so amazed at this band, it is impossable to compare them to anyone. They are in a class all their own. In my mind there is heavy metal/hard rock and then there is Metallica.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I love S&M. I got the CD for Christmas. I love metallica and performing with the orchestra proves that the band can rock even if it is classical music. They make classical music worth listening to.
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Posted October 1, 2010
A neat thing about this alblum is that it's a little diffrent than rock opera. It's pretty much Metalica playing the songs they have always played, but with an opera backing them. Thats right, theres no Meat Loaf ''squiky backround singers,'' Or Queen like, audience sing alongs, unless you count the end of ''The Memory Remains.'' ''The clasical sound adds on to the dimentia,'' Says James Hitfeild, well I'm not buying it. I think they went lite on the opera because they need to keep their ''We are Metallica, Bang your heads with us!!'' image. But is the alblum good? Is it wearth buying? Well as Dodger the dog from Oliver & Company would say, ''Absitivly Posilutly.''
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Posted October 1, 2010
Not only doe Metallica play all the best songs, the do it with and orchestra, which brings a whole new effect to the experience! CRFXS
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Posted October 1, 2010
This CD is the best Metallica CD I have ever seen! It may not make sense to put a band like Metallica with an orchestra, but IT DOES!! Just listen to it, it rules!!!! If you love Metallica, you have to have this CD!
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Posted October 1, 2010
S&M totally blew my mind when I experienced astonishingly crushing hits like ''Master of Puppets'', ''Until it Sleeps'', ''Outlaw Torn'', and especially ''One'' re-created with a tidal wave of classical influence, crashing together, but smoothly and efficiently. Unerring in their style, Metallica delivers with ultra-heavy sound, and their rough guitars refined with a violin (this definately wasn't my first combo when I thought of Metallica pairing up to create something new, but it was the greatest!!).
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Posted October 1, 2010
In 1987 they jammed a few of their favourites and sold it for 10 bucks. In 1996 and '97 they handed a fistful of new in-your-face punchy loose rhythms for you to swing and bounce to. In 1998 all of their Garage tracks were recorded for everyone to hear in the most appropiate way. And now with the ingenuity and colourful harmonics and accompaniants of Maestro Michael Kamen two great worlds of music have joined forces to rule the world of ear-pleasing splendour. Only Metallica could do such a breathtaking thing like this!!!!! Just one note: I love all the songs on it, but I do prefer raging to 'Sad But' True and 'Devil's Dance' in their original form, and would have liked to hear some of the 'Kill 'Em All' songs in the symphonic format, especially 'The Four Horsemen'.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I just recently became a Metallicat by listening to some of my friend's cd's. I instantly fell in love. Now, I plan to buy all the rest of the albums, along with this one that I have now! It is definitely worth the money!
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Posted October 1, 2010
I received this album for Christmas and have truly enjoyed it. The only other album I have is the Black album, so most of the songs are new to me. ''One'' is just incredible. I think that this was a great combination and you will not be disappointed.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I'm a huge fan of Metallica's old stuff (anything pre-black album), but all their new stuff sucks. It does. Gladly, I'm trapped in the 80's, when Metallica was a pioneer on the thrash metal scene, but they just don't cut it in the 90's. Load was a major dissapointment, and this album follows suit. Classical music and metal are great, but I think this is an overreaching attempt on Metallica to try and be innovative once again.
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Editorial Reviews
Barnes & Noble - Jon Wiederhorn
For the last half decade, heavy-metal titans Metallica have strived to expand their musical palette while making heavy metal more palatable to the mainstream. They explored southern rock, blues, and psychedelia with LOAD 1996 and RELOAD 1997; they covered their favorite punk and popular artists Misfits, Mercyful Fate, Nick Cave, Bob Seeger on their double CD of covers, GARAGE INC. 1998; and they tinkered with electronica on remixes with Moby and DJ Spooky. But Metallica's most grandiose accomplishment took place last year when the band joined forces with Michael Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony to recontextualize much of Metallica's back catalog. The bold, ...