Ack Kinmonth

Anthony Craig "Ack" Kinmonth is an Australian film and television composer. He was the first Australian composer to write a featured song for the American children’s television series, Sesame Street: "Five Kangaroos".^[1] It aired during the show's 44th season as performed by Australian R&B singer, Jessica Mauboy.^[2] Australasian Performing Rights 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]

In 2012 he composed the music for Tender, a short comedy film, produced by Liz Tomkins for QPIX.^[4][5] Kinmonth was the music and sound designer for The Cube Globe, a digital interactive learning and display space created by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) for the 2014 G20 Leaders Summit held in Brisbane.^[6][7]

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.^[8]

Awards

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.^[9][10]

Filmography

• Tender – composer (2012)
• Limbo – Composer, Sound Editor (2013)^[11]
• Factory hands – Composer (2014)
• Resonance - Composer (2015)
• Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier - Composer (2015)
• Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal – Composer (additional music), Music Editor (2015)

Soundtrack

• Sesame Street – "Five Kangaroos" – Writer (March 2014)^[12]
• Another Country – "Fuse" – Writer, Performer (2015)
• Sesame Street – "Farm Animal Song!" – Writer (2015)

References

1. "APRA Member Ack Kinmonth Writes Song for Sesame Street Performed by Jessica Mauboy!". Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society (AMCOS). 20 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
2. Kent, Lucinda. "Australian musician first to crack Sesame Street". 612 ABC Brisbane (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 30 November 2015.
3. "Composer Ack Kinmonth composes a new song for Sesame Street via Like a Photon Creative". Campaign Brief Australia. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
4. "How Ack Kinmonth Composes for Film". Tender. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
5. Suarez, Hannah (12 December 2009). "QPIX // {Interview} {Film} {TV} {Gen TV}". Brisbane Creative Industries. Retrieved 1 December 2015. line feed character in |publisher= at position 9 (help)
6. "QUT - News - QUT know-how puts the G20 in ‘touch’ with the best from Queensland". QUT. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
7. "IFE 2014 ANNUAL REPORT" (PDF). Queensland University of Technology.
8. "Ack Kinmonth". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
9. "Mediacom and Hoodlum Create Doco Series To Destigmatise HIV - B&T". B&T. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
10. "BADC | Brisbane Advertising and Design Club | Winners & Finalist List for 2014!". www.badc.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
11. "Ack Kinmonth". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
12. "Ack Kinmonth". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-11-19.