Ack Kinmonth

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". It aired during the show's 44th season as performed by Australian R&B singer, Jessica Mauboy. Australasian Performing Right Association reporter described it as a "catchy Australian tune" in March 2014. 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.

In 2012 he composed the music for Tender, a short comedy film, produced by Liz Tomkins for QPIX. 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.

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.

Filmography

 * Tender – composer (2012)
 * Limbo – Composer, Sound Editor (2013)
 * 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)
 * Combat Wombat (film) - Composer (2020)
 * Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal - Composer (2020)
 * Christmas on the Farm - Composer (2021)
 * Scarygirl - Composer (2023)

Soundtrack

 * Sesame Street – "Five Kangaroos" – Writer (March 2014)
 * Another Country – "Fuse" – Writer, Performer (2015)
 * Sesame Street – "Farm Animal Song!" – Writer (2015)

Awards and nominations
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.

APRA Awards
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.

! Ref.
 * 2021 || Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal || Best Music for Children's Programming || Nominated ||
 * 2022 ||Ostelin: "Strong Women" || Best Music for an Advertisement || Nominated ||
 * 2022 ||Ostelin: "Strong Women" || Best Music for an Advertisement || Nominated ||
 * 2022 ||Ostelin: "Strong Women" || Best Music for an Advertisement || Nominated ||