Plavi Orkestar Lošić started his musical career in 1981 as a
gymnasium student, forming the band Ševin Orkestar (''The Lark's Orchestra
) with guitarist Srđan Krošnjar, bass guitarist Gordan Džamonja and drummer Admir Ćeremida "Ćera II". The following year, the four teenagers changed their name to Plavi Orkestar. Their debut album Soldatski bal (Soldier's Ball''), released in 1985, saw mixed reactions by the Yugoslav music critics, but achieved large success with the country's teen audience, becoming the best-selling debut album in the history of Yugoslav popular music, In 1986, the band released the album
Smrt fašizmu! (
Death to Fascism!), presenting themselves with the
New Partisans concept, featuring lyrics and imagery inspired by
Yugoslav Partisans and
Yugoslavism. In 1998, Plavi Orkestar reunited in Slovenia, featuring Lošić, Ćeremida brothers and new guitarist Saša Zalepugin. After emigrating to Slovenia in 1992, Lošić started a career in design and marketing.
Music for theatre, film and television Lošić has composed music for a number of theatre plays, including
Elvis de Luxe performed by Grapefruit
theatre troupe, for Slovenian productions of
Romeo and Juliet,
Mother Courage and Her Children,
Lemonade and other plays. He debuted as a film score composer with music for
Andrej Košak's 1997 film
Outsider. He has since written music for 11 more feature films, most prominently Andrej Košak's
Headnoise (2002),
Pjer Žalica's
Fuse (2003)—in which he also played a minor role—and
Days and Hours (2004),
Branko Đurić's
Cheese and Jam (2003),
Srđan Vuletić's ''
It's Hard to Be Nice'' (2007),
Marko Naberšnik's ''
Rooster's Breakfast (2007) and Shanghai Gypsy (2012), and omnibus film Sex, Drink and Bloodshed (2004). Commercially most successful was the soundtrack for Fuse
, released on the soundtrack album Gori vatra'' (the film's original title). The album brought the hit song "Iznad Tešnja zora sviće" ("The Day Is Dawning Over
Tešanj"), as well as a cover of Plavi Orkestar's early hit "Suada" performed by folk singer
Šerif Konjević. In his feature film scores, Lošić has cooperated with numerous prominent musicians including singer and guitarist
Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, guitarist and singer
Vlatko Stefanovski, violinist
Jovan Kolundžija, singers
Rade Šerbedžija,
Zdravko Čolić,
Dado Topić,
Branko Đurić,
Tanja Ribič,
Severina, Helena Blagne,
Usnija Redžepova,
Halid Bešlić,
Candan Ercetin, and others. In 2004, during the
Sarajevo Film Festival, he debuted with his Saša Lošić Film Orchestra, holding a concert of his film scores entitled
Hotel Evropa (
Hotel Europe) in
National Theatre in Sarajevo. The concert featured appearances by singers Halid Bešlić,
Hanka Paldum,
Leo Martin and others. Lošić's music was featured in the television series
Vratiće se rode (
The Storks Will Return) alongside music of other composers, appearing on the 2008 soundtrack album
Vratiće se rode. He composed music for the television series
Žigosani u reketu (
Branded in the racket). ==Legacy==