Metallica's live album S&M, recorded with the San Francisco Symphony, was released in 1999. The album combines Metallica's heavy-metal arrangements with orchestral parts arranged and conducted by composer Michael Kamen.
The performances were recorded on April 21 and 22, 1999, at the Berkeley Community Theatre in California. S&M was released on November 23 of that year and included songs drawn from Metallica's albums spanning Ride the Lightning through Reload, along with two new compositions: "No Leaf Clover" and "-Human." It also opened with the orchestra's performance of Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold," Metallica's longtime concert entrance music.
The album is sometimes confused with S&M2, the later collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony. S&M2 documents Metallica's 2019 performances at San Francisco's Chase Center and was released in 2020. The original S&M also holds historical importance because it was the final Metallica album to feature Jason Newsted on bass.