Anthony Craig "Ack" Kinmonth is a film and television composer from Brisbane, Australia. He is known for being the first Australian composer to write a featured song for the American children's television series, Sesame Street, titled "Five Kangaroos", in 2014. He has composed scores for several other TV series as well as numerous films, notably the animated films Scarygirl (2023), The Lost Tiger (2024), and The Pout-Pout Fish (2026).
Early life
Anthony Craig Kinmonth, known as "Ack", was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[citation needed]
Career
Kinmonth was the first Australian composer to write a featured song for the American children's television series, Sesame Street: "Five Kangaroos", in 2014. It aired during the show's 44th season, 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.[citation needed]
In 2022, Kinmonth scored Hugo Weaving's Ky's Story, made in collaboration with LiveLab and Autism Queensland.
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.
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