Ack Kinmonth
Australian film and television composer
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Anthony Craig "Ack" Kinmonth is a film and television composer from Brisbane, Australia. He was the first Australian composer to write a featured song for the American children's television series, Sesame Street: "Five Kangaroos".[1][2] It aired during the show's 44th season as performed by Australian R&B singer, Jessica Mauboy.[1] Australasian Performing Right Association reporter described it as a "catchy Australian tune" in March 2014.[1] Kinmonth wrote a second song for the program, "Farm Animal Song (1-10 Hoedown)", which aired during its 45th season and was performed by Kinmonth and voice over artist, Kate Murphy.[3]
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Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Anthony Craig Kinmonth |
| Genres | Film Score |
| Occupation | Film composer · producer · multi-instrumentalist |
| Instrument | Guitar · synthesizer · keyboards |
| Website | https://ackkinmonth.com/ |
Kinmonth was the composer for the TV miniseries, Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier (2015). He also served as the music editor and composer of additional music for Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal. Both miniseries were distributed by the History Channel.[4] In 2022, Kinmonth scored Hugo Weaving's Ky's Story, made in collaboration with LiveLab and Autism Queensland.[5][6] His work for Scarygirl received an Aria Music Awards nomination in 2024.[7] In that same year, Kinmonth composed music for The Sloth Lane, starring Leslie Jones, which premiered at the Annecy Festival.[8][9]
Filmography
Films
- Tender – Composer (2012)
- Limbo – Composer, Sound Editor (2013)[4]
- Factory hands – Composer (2014)
- Resonance - Composer (2015)
- Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier - Composer (2015)
- Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal – Composer (additional music), Music Editor (2015)
- The Wishmas Tree - Composer (2019)[10][11]
- Combat Wombat (film) - Composer (2020)[12]
- Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal - Composer (2020)[13]
- Christmas on the Farm - Composer (2021)[14]
- Beyond the Reef - Composer (2022)[15]
- Scarygirl - Composer (2023)[16]
- Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back - Composer (2023)[17]
- The Sloth Lane - Composer (2024)[18]
TV Series
- Um, Actually - Composer, 40 episodes (2018-2019)[19]
- Bluey - Composer, 3 episodes (2018-2019)[10][20]
- WTF 101 - Composer (2019)
- Big Weather (and How to Survive It) - Composer (2020)[21]
- Refugia - Composer (2021)[22]
- Rock Island Mysteries - Composer, 3 episodes (2022)
- Professor Eggtop's Extraordinary Experiments! - Composer (2023)[23]
- Smiling Mind Creek - Composer (2023)
Soundtrack
- Sesame Street – "Five Kangaroos" – Writer (March 2014)[4]
- Another Country – "Fuse" – Writer, Performer (2015)
- Sesame Street – "Farm Animal Song!" – Writer (2015)
Awards and nominations
Kinmonth was the recipient of two bronze medals at the 2014 Brisbane Advertising and Design Club (BADC) Awards for his compositional work on a documentary series about HIV awareness for the HIV Foundation Queensland.[24][25]
In 2022, Kinmonth won 4 Davey awards, for his advertising work on Repco - "100 Year", Ostelin - "Strong Women" and Supercheap Auto - "Carpark Carnage", as well as Best Use of Music for Daisy Quokka - World's Scariest Animal.[26] His score for Scarygirl received a nomination for the 2024 Aria Music Awards, in the Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album category.[27]
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Best Music for Children's Programming | Nominated | [28] [29] |
| 2022 | Ostelin: "Strong Women" | Best Music for an Advertisement | Nominated | [30] [31] |
| 2023 | Scarygirl | Best Music for Children's Programming | Nominated | [32] [33] |
| 2024 | The Sloth Lane | Best Music for Children's Programming | Nominated | [34] [35] |