Other Endeavours
In addition to a prolific solo recording career, Rambo frequently engaged in different, often bizarre side projects.
- In 1989 in Sarajevo, for a short while, he hosted an erotic quiz show with actress Jasna Beri named Turbo-lilihip, which aired on a local TV station SA3.
- He wrote music for different theatre plays such as Đetić u parlament, Oksimoron, as well as Lažni car Šćepan Mali for which he was awarded Sterija prize in 1994.
- Rambo also wrote lyrics for commercial folk stars like Lepa Brena and Vesna Zmijanac, as well as the entire score for 1994 film Slatko od snova, which was a star vehicle for another folk performer Dragana Mirković.
- In 1994 he also wrote a musical base for the 1927 silent movie Metropolis by Fritz Lang. At a movie screening at Sava Center, Rambo's music was played by Belgrade Philharmonic. The material was later recorded by Rambo himself along with Miroslav Savić and Heavily Manipulated Orchestra, and released as Metropolis B (Tour de Force).
- A year later, he arranged a cadenza within "A concerto for piano and orchestra in C-minor" by W.A. Mozart. In 1995, candenza was performed by Ivan Tasovac, while the entire concert was conducted by Oskar Danon at Belgrade's Kolarac concert hall.
- Since early 2005 Rambo has been writing a column Megacarska razmišljanja (Mega-Imperial Thoughts) for the daily tabloid Blic.
- He was a guest on Studio B's Agape program together with Serbian Orthodox priest Porfirije where they talked about the meaning of life, finding your self, slowing down, drug abuse and rehabilitation.
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