Sales of Metallica albums (including 8 full-length albums, and one EP) total over 60 million copies worldwide (with over 40 million coming in North America alone), and have earned gold and/or platinum certifications in over 40 countries. In addition, a live box-set release (containing over 8 hours of live music and video, retailing at over $80), has sold over 600,000 units worldwide, making it the biggest selling box set of its kind in history.
Metallica has garnered numerous awards accolades throughout the world their career, 4 Grammy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Music Video Awards and 26 California Music Awards.
When it comes to touring, there are few, if any, bands who deliver live the way Metallica does. Their shows, which began in clubs and garages in the early 80’s, are now selling out in arenas and stadiums throughout the world, and continue to be the most intense, powerful and visually stimulating concert experience ever delivered. The most impressive achievement that bears mentioning is the fact that Metallica continues to be a strong attraction in the touring world; a truly rare feat in today’s mercurial entertainment business, where fans often change allegiance to bands as often as they do hairstyles.
Metallica is a band whose success can be directly attributed to a passion and no-compromise attitude in every project they undertake.
MICHAEL KAMEN
Michael Kamen has an illustrious music career as a composer, artist, arranger, and collaborator with the leading pop and classical performers of our day. Fusing traditional and modern genres in his diverse yet always recognizable voice, Kamen’s work showcases his innate ability break down musical barriers. In addition to orchestrating Metallica’s classic Nothing Else Matters from their 1991 Black album, Kamen has worked with numerous artists including Sting, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Pete Townhend, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, Pavarotti, and many others.
As a producer/writer/arranger, he has been nominated for 9 Grammy Awards, winning 3 and 2 Academy Awards for his songs (Everything I Do), I Do It For You and Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman. His numerous film credits include "Mr. Holland’s Opus"(which won a Grammy for best instrumental composition), Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves, Brazil, and all 4 Lethal Weapon films and all 3 Die Hard movies. From Kamen’s lifelong love of music came the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. A believer of music in our schools, Kamen founded the non-profit organization dedicated to music education by providing musical instruments to schools and individual student across the country. For his work, he won a NARAS "Hero of NY" Award.
Kamen is currently composing a Millennium symphony entitled The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms commissioned be Leonard Slarkin for the Prestigious National Symphony Orchestra. The work will debut at Washington’s Kennedy Center in January 2000.
Kamen’s adventures in music, in all its forms, from film scores to hit singles, from ballets to symphonies, leave pop and classical audiences alike eager to hear what Kamen will achieve next.
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
The San Francisco Symphony gave its first concerts in 1911 and over the years has grown steadily in acclaim. In recent seasons, the San Francisco Symphony has won some of the most foremost recording awards, including the Grammy and Grand Prix du Disque. Today, Michael Tilson Thomas, - Music Director since 1995- and the San Francisco Symphony record exclusively for the RCA Red Seal. The Orchestra tours Europe and Asia regularly and performs throughout the United States. The San Francisco Symphony Chorus has been heard around the world on recordings and on the soundtracks of 3 major films, Amadeus, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Godfather III. Through its radio broadcasts, the first in America to feature symphonic music when they began in 1926, the San Francisco Symphony is heard across the country.