Ack Kinmonth
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![]() Kinmonth at the 13th AACTA Awards | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Anthony Craig Kinmonth |
Born | Brisbane, Australia |
Genres | Film Score |
Occupation(s) | Film composer · producer · multi-instrumentalist |
Instrument | Guitar · synthesizer · keyboards |
Website | https://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
[edit]Films
[edit]- Tender – Composer (2012)
- Limbo – Composer, Sound Editor (2013)[4]
- Factory hands – Composer (2014)
- Resonance - Composer (2015)
- Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier - Composer (2015)
- Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal – Composer (additional music), Music Editor (2015)
- The Wishmas Tree - Composer (2019)[9][10]
- Combat Wombat (film) - Composer (2020)[11]
- Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal - Composer (2020)[12]
- Christmas on the Farm - Composer (2021)[13]
- Beyond the Reef - Composer (2022)[14]
- Scarygirl - Composer (2023)[15]
- Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back - Composer (2023)[16]
- The Sloth Lane - Composer (2024)[17]
TV Series
[edit]- Um, Actually - Composer, 40 episodes (2018-2019)[18]
- Bluey - Composer, 3 episodes (2018-2019)[9][19]
- WTF 101 - Composer (2019)
- Big Weather (and How to Survive It) - Composer (2020)[20]
- Refugia - Composer (2021)[21]
- Rock Island Mysteries - Composer, 3 episodes (2022)
- Professor Eggtop's Extraordinary Experiments! - Composer (2023)[22]
- Smiling Mind Creek - Composer (2023)
Soundtrack
[edit]- Sesame Street – "Five Kangaroos" – Writer (March 2014)[4]
- Another Country – "Fuse" – Writer, Performer (2015)
- Sesame Street – "Farm Animal Song!" – Writer (2015)
Awards and nominations
[edit]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
[edit]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 | [27] [28] |
2022 | Ostelin: "Strong Women" | Best Music for an Advertisement | Nominated | [29] [30] |
2023 | Scarygirl | Best Music for Children's Programming | Nominated | [31] [32]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Auton, Georgina (21 March 2014). "Brisbane composer Ack Kinmonth writes song for Sesame Street". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Blackshaw, Adam (2015). "From iconic films to Sesame Street". Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Ack Kinmonth". IMDb. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bowley, Christine (29 March 2023). "Ky's Autism Stories lock in SBS deal". Griffith News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Animation film category Annecy Presents: The Sloth Lane | Annecy Festival". www.annecyfestival.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Creating with Composition: Mastering Interpretation with Ack Kinmonth". I Heart Songwriting Club. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "The Wishmas Tree (2019) - Filmaffinity.com".
- ^ "Combat Wombat (2020) - Filmaffinity.com".
- ^ "Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2021) - Soundtrack.Net". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Christmas on the farm (2021) - Filmaffinity.com".
- ^ Wheatley, Luke (3 November 2022), Beyond the Reef (Documentary), Shuang Hu, The Steve Jaggi Company, In Three Production, retrieved 29 July 2024
- ^ "Scarygirl (2023) - screenaustralia.gov.au".
- ^ 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
- ^ "The Sloth Lane (2024) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Um, Actually (Game-Show), Mike Trapp, Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, 26 September 2018, retrieved 30 July 2024
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Bluey (Animation, Family), David McCormack, Melanie Zanetti, Ninthe van Schie, CBeebies, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), BBC Studios, 30 September 2018, retrieved 30 July 2024
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "NFSA - Search the Collection". www.collection.nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Refugia (Documentary), Liana Cornell, Refugia Productions, 21 May 2021, retrieved 29 July 2024
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Prof. Eggtop's Extraordinary Experiments! (2023) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Mediacom and Hoodlum Create Doco Series To Destigmatise HIV - B&T". B&T. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "BADC | Brisbane Advertising and Design Club | Winners & Finalist List for 2014!". www.badc.com.au. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Winners Gallery". Davey Awards. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "NOMINEES 2024 – Septimius Awards". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Congratulations to the 2021 Screen Music Awards winners". APRA AMCOS Australia. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "2022 Screen Music Awards Winners Announced". APRA AMCOS Australia. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Screen Music Awards: Full List of Winners & Nominees". APRA AMCOS Australia. 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "2023 Screen Music Awards nominees revealed". APRA AMCOS Australia. October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.