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] It aired during the show's 44th season as performed by Australian R&B singer, Jessica Mauboy. [2] 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]
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]
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. [14] [15]
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. |
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2021 | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Best Music for Children's Programming | Nominated |
[16] [17] |
2022 | Ostelin: "Strong Women" | Best Music for an Advertisement | Nominated |
[18] [19] |
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] It aired during the show's 44th season as performed by Australian R&B singer, Jessica Mauboy. [2] 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]
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]
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. [14] [15]
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 |
[16] [17] |
2022 | Ostelin: "Strong Women" | Best Music for an Advertisement | Nominated |
[18] [19] |