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JULY 2022

LATEST VIDEO! Did you know the Top Gun score was written by a German composer? Here's the story behind the famous TOP GUN ANTHEM!

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JULY 2022

I've found that songwriters often get stuck because they don't have a clear idea of what they've got so far! So that's the first step. Analyse what you already have! Then I have a bunch of melodic details you should look out for to make sure the next section you write is well structured and balanced.

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MAY 2022

Kaplan & Hirschmann scored the romantic comedy "EIN WAHNSINNSTAG" for German TV (ARD). Premiere on 27 May 2022! 

The soundtrack featuring the song "Comet" with the amazing Stella Jones and 3 other original songs is OUT NOW!

 

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MAY 2022

I wanted to see if I could reconstruct Harry Styles's song "As It Was" using only my voice. Check out the result!

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MAY 2022

I live in the best city in the world, that’s for sure! The City of Vienna kindly awarded me funding to get my YouTube series “Why Does This Song Work” up and running! I’d love for you to swing by and see what I’ve been up to. Click here!

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APRIL 2022

I did a little something in honour of the 25th birthday of "Barbie Girl" by the Danish group Aqua! And what fun it was! I'd love for you to pop by my YouTube channel and leave me a like or a comment!

Videos

Selected videos

Music

Elisabeth Kaplan – Infirmary (For Broken Hearts) (Single)

Music/lyrics/vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Vusa Mkhaya - Watu Wote (Single)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan

Watu Wote - All of Us (Film score)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan & Florian Hirschmann

Quadriga Consort – Winter’s Delights (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Im Himmel Kotzt Man Nicht (Film score)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan & Florian Hirschmann

Quadriga Consort – Songs from the British Isles (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Evelyn Ruzicka – Prosecco (Single)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan

Pecoraro & Pecoraro – Per Noi (Album)

Lyrics by Elisabeth Kaplan

Tilda (Film score)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan & Florian Hirschmann

Quadriga Consort – 14 Tales of Mystery (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Quadriga Consort – Ships Ahoy! (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Quadriga Consort – By Yon Bonnie Banks (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Evelyn Ruzicka – Liebe (Single)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan

French On Friday – Careless Whisper (Single)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Quadriga Consort – The Moon of Wintertime (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Quadriga Consort – On A Cold Winter’s Day (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Puppenspiel (Film score)

Music by Elisabeth Kaplan & Florian Hirschmann

Quadriga Consort – As I Walked Forth (Album)

Vocals by Elisabeth Kaplan

Photos

Quote

“As I walk in the shade of the jacaranda trees / I got me a pocket full of lucky beans / And I laugh and turn my face to the sun / With my little black shoes going tip tip tip / Little black shoes going tip tip tip”

— Elisabeth Kaplan (“Little Black Shoes”)

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