Ack Kinmonth
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 | 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". 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.
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. In 2022, Kinmonth scored Hugo Weaving's Ky's Story, made in collaboration with LiveLab and Autism Queensland. His work for Scarygirl received an Aria Music Awards nomination in 2024. In that same year, Kinmonth composed music for The Sloth Lane, starring Leslie Jones, which premiered at the Annecy Festival.