Ack Kinmonth
Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards
Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Craig Kinmonth
BornBrisbane, Australia
GenresFilm Score
Occupation(s)Film composer · producer · multi-instrumentalist
InstrumentGuitar · synthesizer · keyboards
Websitehttps://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]

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] In 2024, Kinmonth composed music for The Sloth Lane, starring Leslie Jones, which premiered at the Annecy Festival.[7][8]

Filmography

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Films

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TV Series

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Soundtrack

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Awards and nominations

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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.[23][24]

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.[25] His score for Scarygirl received a nomination for Best Soundtrack at The 2024 Septimius Awards, held in the Tuschinski Theatre, in Amsterdam.[26]

APRA Awards

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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 [27]
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2022 Ostelin: "Strong Women" Best Music for an Advertisement Nominated [29]
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2023 Scarygirl Best Music for Children's Programming Nominated [31]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c Auton, Georgina (21 March 2014). "Brisbane composer Ack Kinmonth writes song for Sesame Street". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ Blackshaw, Adam (2015). "From iconic films to Sesame Street". Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Composer Ack Kinmonth composes a new song for Sesame Street via Like a Photon Creative". Campaign Brief Australia. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Ack Kinmonth". IMDb. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. ^ Cornford, Susy (11 November 2022). "Hugo Weaving re-teams with Griffith Film School students to tell his nephew's story". IF Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  6. ^ Bowley, Christine (29 March 2023). "Ky's Autism Stories lock in SBS deal". Griffith News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Animation film category Annecy Presents: The Sloth Lane | Annecy Festival". www.annecyfestival.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  8. ^ Barraclough, Leo (17 May 2024). "Sola Media Closes Multiple Territory Sales on 'The Sloth Lane' Ahead of Annecy World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Creating with Composition: Mastering Interpretation with Ack Kinmonth". I Heart Songwriting Club. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. ^ "The Wishmas Tree (2019) - Filmaffinity.com".
  11. ^ "Combat Wombat (2020) - Filmaffinity.com".
  12. ^ "Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2021) - Soundtrack.Net". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Christmas on the farm (2021) - Filmaffinity.com".
  14. ^ Wheatley, Luke (3 November 2022), Beyond the Reef (Documentary), Shuang Hu, The Steve Jaggi Company, In Three Production, retrieved 29 July 2024
  15. ^ "Scarygirl (2023) - screenaustralia.gov.au".
  16. ^ Cussó, Ricard; Vincent, Tania (29 February 2024), Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (Animation), Deborah Mailman, David Wenham, Ed Oxenbould, Like A Photon Creative, Eclectik Vision, retrieved 29 July 2024
  17. ^ "The Sloth Lane (2024) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  18. ^ Um, Actually (Game-Show), Mike Trapp, Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, 26 September 2018, retrieved 30 July 2024((citation)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^ Bluey (Animation, Family), David McCormack, Melanie Zanetti, Ninthe van Schie, CBeebies, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), BBC Studios, 30 September 2018, retrieved 30 July 2024((citation)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ^ "NFSA - Search the Collection". www.collection.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  21. ^ Refugia (Documentary), Liana Cornell, Refugia Productions, 21 May 2021, retrieved 29 July 2024((citation)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. ^ "Prof. Eggtop's Extraordinary Experiments! (2023) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Mediacom and Hoodlum Create Doco Series To Destigmatise HIV - B&T". B&T. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  24. ^ "BADC | Brisbane Advertising and Design Club | Winners & Finalist List for 2014!". www.badc.com.au. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  25. ^ "Winners Gallery". Davey Awards. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  26. ^ "NOMINEES 2024 – Septimius Awards". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  28. ^ "Congratulations to the 2021 Screen Music Awards winners". APRA AMCOS Australia. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  29. ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  30. ^ "2022 Screen Music Awards Winners Announced". APRA AMCOS Australia. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  31. ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  32. ^ "2023 Screen Music Awards nominees revealed". APRA AMCOS Australia. October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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