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. 1 2 "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.