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 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]
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
Soundtrack
- Sesame Street – "Five Kangaroos" – Writer (March 2014)[8]
- Another Country – "Fuse" – Writer, Performer (2015)
- Sesame Street – "Farm Animal Song!" – Writer (2015)
References
- "APRA Member Ack Kinmonth Writes Song for Sesame Street Performed by Jessica Mauboy!". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society (AMCOS). 20 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- Kent, Lucinda. "Australian musician first to crack Sesame Street". 612 ABC Brisbane (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- "Composer Ack Kinmonth composes a new song for Sesame Street via Like a Photon Creative". Campaign Brief Australia. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- "How Ack Kinmonth Composes for Film". Tender. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- Suarez, Hannah (12 December 2009). "QPIX // {Interview} {Film} {TV} {Gen TV}". Brisbane Creative Industries. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "QUT - News - QUT know-how puts the G20 in 'touch' with the best from Queensland". QUT. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- "IFE 2014 ANNUAL REPORT" (PDF). Queensland University of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-21.
- "Ack Kinmonth". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- "Mediacom and Hoodlum Create Doco Series To Destigmatise HIV - B&T". B&T. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- "BADC | Brisbane Advertising and Design Club | Winners & Finalist List for 2014!". www.badc.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-19.