Melly Goeslaw: Indonesia's Music Icon

In this entry, i will introduced to all of the readers one of the Indonesia’s best music icon. In my opinion, her music can be described as ‘ahead of time’. And her fashion,..well, from what I can say, she can resembles Anita Mui and Lady Gaga when it comes to fashion. She starts to become famous after composing the theme song for the most famous Indonesian movie, Ada Apa Dengan Cinta. She composed many songs and I admire her works too. My favourite song would be Jika and Ketika Cinta Bertasbih. Marrrying Anto Hoed, a composer, she is Melly Goeslaw, a singer and a composer with a unique and dashing fashion.

SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER...Her creation can be seen in several movie soundtrack such as Ada Apa Dengan Cinta and Ketika Cinta Bertasbih. Photo taken from http://data.seruu.com/images/seruu/article/2015/02/22/melly-g.jpg

 

Started singing in the fifth grade, she was also the Elfa Secioria backing vocalist during high school. She then moved to Jakarta to further her career in music industry. Became backing vocals for a promotional tour by Katon Bagaskara, she then met Anto Hoed and Andi Ayunir. After marrying Anto Hoed, these trio formed a band, Potret in 1993. Their debut album in 1995 was a hit. Melly finally became a solo singer and releasing her own debut album; Melly in 1999. It sold well and she became more popular when she sang the Ada Apa Dengan Cinta soundtrack.

Ada Apa dengan Cinta soundtrack made her and her husband received a Citra Award at the 2004 Indonesian Film Festival. In the next years, she kept involving herself with the production of movie soundtrack. Some of her notable works are Dibius Cinta, a soundtrack from a Malaysia movie, Cicakman 2 and Ketika Cinta Bertasbih, a soundtrack that shares the same title with the film. Also, she works with many artists such as Siti Nurhaliza and Yusry KRU. She also can be considered as active when it comes to scouting new talents.

I started to listen to her song when I was in a very young age. In my opinion, her music can be described as unique and new based on my listening and comparison with her same era song. She is gifted with a talent and with efforts, she can become better.