Louis Schoorl (born 23 December 1976) is a Dutch-born Australian songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Career

Based in

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, Australia, Schoorl has written or produced for 5 Seconds of Summer,

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, The Fooo,

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and

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. He's worked alongside singer-songwriters including

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, Georgie Kay and

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aka Passenger. Schoorl songs have topped the Swedish, Japanese and Australian Charts including runner-up of ''

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'',

's "

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". On a trip to Stockholm Louis wrote a song with Erik Lewander and Ylva Dimberg of The Kennel that was released by

on their Japanese album '' Love and Peace''. The track " My Oh My" has notched up more than 20 million

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views.

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''. Schoorl 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,

and

. Schoorl is signed to a worldwide publishing deal with

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. Schoorl co-wrote the original song "

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" for the Australian film '' The Sapphires'' with

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and the film's star,

. The film's soundtrack was nominated for an

ARIA Music Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austra ...

for the Best Original Soundtrack and Best Pop Release.

also received an

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Nomination for Best Female Artist for "

". In 2018 he co-wrote the Swedish entry for that year's

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, '' Dance You Off''

Discography

Singles

Albums

Extended plays

Certification

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Louis Schoorl
at

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schoorl, Louis 1976 births APRA Award winners Australian songwriters Dutch emigrants to Australia Living people Musicians from Sydney