Ack Kinmonth

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Ack Kinmonth
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Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Craig Kinmonth
Born Brisbane, Australia
Genres Film Score
Occupation Film composer · producer · multi-instrumentalist
Instrument Guitar · synthesizer · keyboards
Website https://ackkinmonth.com/

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 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

TV Series

Soundtrack

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.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2021 Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal Best Music for Children's ProgrammingNominated [28]
[29]
2022 Ostelin: "Strong Women"Best Music for an AdvertisementNominated [30]
[31]
2023 Scarygirl Best Music for Children's ProgrammingNominated [32]
[33]
2024 The Sloth Lane Best Music for Children's ProgrammingNominated [34]
[35]

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