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One of Chrisye's earliest recorded songs as a vocalist was "Chopin Larung", based on Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu, in 1976. [11] Fariz RM wrote several of Chrisye's earlier songs. Erwin Gutawa spent more than a decade arranging songs for Chrisye, including a completely new arrangement of Badai Pasti Berlalu and several earlier songs.
"Lilin-Lilin Kecil" placed fifth in the competition and was the most popular of the finalists on the Lomba Cipta Lagu Remaja album. [2] "Lilin-Lilin Kecil" launched Chrisye's career and has been called his signature song. [2] He considered its success to be due to its immersing melody and romantic lyrics with his smooth vocals. [3]
Chrisye was born Christian Rahardi (Lauw Peng Liang) in Jakarta on 16 September 1949 to Laurens Rahadi (Lauw Tek Kang, 1918–2005), a Chinese-Betawi entrepreneur, and Hanna Rahadi (Khoe Hian Eng, 1920–2003), a Chinese-Sundanese housewife from Bogor. [1]
Chrisye's final collaboration with Gutawa, Dekade, was a cover album which featured a song written exclusively for the album by Pongky of Jikustik. [21] The singer's last studio album, Senyawa (2004), was a collaboration with other Indonesian artists, which Chrisye arranged.
Badai Pasti Berlalu ([ˈbadai ˈpasti bərˈlalu]; English: The Storm Will Surely Pass) is the 1977 soundtrack to the Indonesian film of the same name.Rolling Stone Indonesia listed it as the best Indonesian album of all time.
Chrisye and Erwin Gutawa, a conductor who had coordinated Chrisye's first solo concert in 1994, began working on what was to become AkustiChrisye in 1995. [1] Realising that Western artists such as Frank Sinatra had found success in rearranging their older songs, the two decided to do the same with Chrisye's older work. [ 2 ]
For marketing, Chrisye took a cameo role in the film as the singer of "Galih dan Ratna". [4] Puspa Indah was released by Musica Studios in mid-1980, with high sales. [2] The success of Puspa Indah convinced Chrisye that some albums needed to be synergized with other media in order to succeed. [4]
Percik Pesona was Chrisye's second solo album and fifth album overall. [2] It was produced after the massive success of Chrisye's debut solo album Sabda Alam (Nature's Order) and soon after the death of Amin Widjaja, one of the founders of Musica Studios. [1] Songwriting was handled by Chrisye, Jockie Soerjoprajogo, and Guruh Soekarnoputra. [1]