Ack Kinmonth

Ack Kinmonth
Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards
Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Craig Kinmonth
BornBrisbane, Australia
GenresFilm Score
OccupationFilm 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] 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

  • 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]
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2022 Ostelin: "Strong Women" Best Music for an Advertisement Nominated [30]
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2023 Scarygirl Best Music for Children's Programming Nominated [32]
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2024 The Sloth Lane Best Music for Children's Programming Nominated [34]
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References

  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. ^ "2024 ARIA Award nominations: Indie rockers Royel Otis take on Dom Dolla, Kylie, Troye Sivan". ABC News. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Animation film category Annecy Presents: The Sloth Lane | Annecy Festival". www.annecyfestival.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "Creating with Composition: Mastering Interpretation with Ack Kinmonth". I Heart Songwriting Club. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "The Wishmas Tree (2019) - Filmaffinity.com".
  12. ^ "Combat Wombat (2020) - Filmaffinity.com".
  13. ^ "Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2021) - Soundtrack.Net". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Christmas on the farm (2021) - Filmaffinity.com".
  15. ^ Wheatley, Luke (3 November 2022), Beyond the Reef (Documentary), Shuang Hu, The Steve Jaggi Company, In Three Production, retrieved 29 July 2024
  16. ^ "Scarygirl (2023) - screenaustralia.gov.au".
  17. ^ 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
  18. ^ "The Sloth Lane (2024) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  19. ^ Um, Actually (Game-Show), Mike Trapp, Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, 26 September 2018, retrieved 30 July 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ^ 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)
  21. ^ "NFSA - Search the Collection". www.collection.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  22. ^ Refugia (Documentary), Liana Cornell, Refugia Productions, 21 May 2021, retrieved 29 July 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  23. ^ "Prof. Eggtop's Extraordinary Experiments! (2023) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Mediacom and Hoodlum Create Doco Series To Destigmatise HIV - B&T". B&T. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  25. ^ "BADC | Brisbane Advertising and Design Club | Winners & Finalist List for 2014!". www.badc.com.au. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  26. ^ "Winners Gallery". Davey Awards. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  27. ^ "2024 ARIA Award nominations: Indie rockers Royel Otis take on Dom Dolla, Kylie, Troye Sivan". ABC News. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  29. ^ "Congratulations to the 2021 Screen Music Awards winners". APRA AMCOS Australia. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  31. ^ "2022 Screen Music Awards Winners Announced". APRA AMCOS Australia. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  32. ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  33. ^ "2023 Screen Music Awards nominees revealed". APRA AMCOS Australia. October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  34. ^ "2024 Screen Music Awards". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  35. ^ "And the nominees are …. 2024 Screen Music Awards". Film Ink. October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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