Which Metallica song on The Black Album was co-arranged for orchestra by Michael Kamen?

Michael Kamen helped arrange the orchestral parts for Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters.”

The song is notable for its unusually intimate opening and its orchestral expansion. Kamen arranged the orchestral material, and the London Symphony Orchestra performed on the album recording. Randy Staub also contributed tambourine to the track.

“Nothing Else Matters” began as a piece James Hetfield played while speaking on the telephone. He initially regarded it as too personal for Metallica, but the band developed it into a full song. Its clean guitar, melodic structure, and direct emotional tone made it one of the album’s most distinctive departures from the band’s earlier work.

Kirk Hammett does not play on the studio recording, although he appears in the music video and performs the song live. That detail is another common source of confusion when listeners identify the musicians behind the track.