No, but he wrote the score for Polanski's "Bitter Moon", a movie that is not about the moon at all. He also wrote "Mythodea", which was released in connection to NASA's Mars Odyssey mission.
E major 1chord
F# minor 2chord
G# minor 3chord
A major 4chord
B major 5chord
C# minor 6chord
D# minor 7chord
You can start on absolutely any chord you want to.
Emaj chord is what your trying...
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich do the majority of the writing. Over the last few albums they have had allowed more input from other members such as Kirk Hammet, Jason Newsted, and Rob Trujillo.