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Birth name
  
Louis Schoorl

Role
  
Songwriter

Name
  
Louis Schoorl

Website
  
www.louisschoorl.com



Born
  
23 December 1976 (age 47) The Netherlands (
1976-12-23
)

Origin
  
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Labels
  
Universal Music Publishing

Record label
  
Universal Music Publishing Group

Similar People
  
Hayley Warner, David Ryan Harris, Taylor Henderson, Ilan Kidron, Guy Sebastian

Occupation(s)
  
Songwriter, producer

2018 APRA Song of the Year - Fallin' (Ivy Adara/ PJ Harding pka Thief/ Louis Schoorl)


Louis Schoorl (born 23 December 1976) is a Dutch-born APRA Award winning and ARIA-Award nominated and chart topping songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

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Louis won Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year at the 2014 APRA Awards held in Brisbane in recognition of a hot stretch in 2013 during which he wrote, co-wrote and produced 88 songs, collaborating with such acts as 360, Daniel Johns, Taylor Henderson and Jessica Mauboy.

Currently living in Sydney, Australia, he's a songwriter that's as diverse as they come, the man behind pop songs written and or produced for 5 Seconds of Summer, Taylor Henderson, Jessica Mauboy, Girls' Generation, Stan Walker, The Fooo and Dami Im. R&B songs for Guy Sebastian and hip-hop tunes for 360, Pez and M-Phazes. He's worked alongside the most celebrated singer-songwriters including Daniel Johns, Tina Arena, De La Soul, Delta Goodrem, The Veronicas, and indie darlings Kimbra, Bertie Blackman, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Georgie Kay and Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger.

Louis songs have topped the Swedish, Japanese and Australian Charts including runner-up of The X Factor Australia, Taylor Henderson's "Borrow My Heart".

On a trip to Stockholm Louis wrote a song with Erik Lewander and Ylva Dimberg of The Kennel that was released by Girls' Generation on their Japanese album Love and Peace. The perky retro track "My Oh My" has notched up more than 20 million YouTube views. Girls' Generation have set a new record by becoming the first Korean girl group to top the Oricon Weekly Album Chart twice with their 3rd Japanese full-length album 'Love & Peace'.

Louis is signed to a worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing.

The Sapphires Soundtrack

Louis co-wrote the original song "Gotcha" for the Australian hit film The Sapphires with Ilan Kidron and the film's star, Jessica Mauboy. The film's soundtrack was nominated for an ARIA Music Award for the Best Original Soundtrack and Best Pop Release. Jessica Mauboy also received an ARIA Nomination for Best Female Artist for "Gotcha".

References

Louis Schoorl Wikipedia