Vilar Middle at Beaver Creek to display screen Metallica and San Francisco Symphony movie

In addition to music, theater, and other performances, the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek also hosts film screenings. On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the Vilar Center shows “Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S & M2”. (Day file photo)

Headbanging and heavy metal riffs don’t seem to harmonize easily with a symphony orchestra, but in Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S & M2 they do just that.

The film shows a world in which violins, violas, horns, xylophones and electric guitars appear in such harmony that one can easily imagine what heavenly music is about. Originally filmed during the sold out Metallica and San Francisco Symphony shows in September 2019 at the opening of the Chase Center in San Francisco, the show reunited the band and the symphony for the first time since the 1999 Grammy-winning S&M album.

The “S & M2” film presents more than two and a half hours with James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, who play 20 songs with almost 80 orchestral musicians. The newly edited film includes remixes and remastered audio that delivers fresh audios and visuals from the original October 2019 theatrical release.

“’S & M2′ does a fantastic job capturing what it feels like to be in the audience,” said The Mercury News review. “(It shows) a legendary rock band at a very different, if no less satisfying, point in their musical career.”

The film presents versions of “All Within My Hands”, “Nothing Else Matters”, “Moth Into Flame” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. It’s part of the Vilar Center’s film series that began last fall.

“We love and miss the large format concerts,” said Owen Hutchinson, General Manager of the Vilar Center. “This film brings a piece of it to our stage in a unique way. We also appreciate the collaboration between Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony. The two musical superpowers combine to create an experience that has to be seen on the big screen. “