Anthony Craig "Ack" Kinmonth
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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 ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

'': "Five Kangaroos". It aired during the show's 44th season as performed by Australian R&B singer,

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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

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for QPIX. Kinmonth was the music and sound designer for ''The Cube Globe'', a digital interactive learning and display space created by the

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(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

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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 ''The Wishmas Tree'' is a 2019 Australian 3D computer-animated adventure film written and directed by Ricard Cussó from a story by Peter Ivan. Financed by Screen Queensland and Screen Australia, it is the first film in Like a Photon Creative's ...

'' - Composer (2019) *''

Combat Wombat (film) ''Combat Wombat'' is a 2020 Australian 3D computer-animated superhero film directed by Richard Cussó and written by Matthew James Kinmonth.Groves, Don (19 October 2020‘The Tales From Sanctuary City’ franchise continues with ‘Combat Womba ...

'' - Composer (2020) *'' Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal'' - Composer (2020) * ''Christmas on the Farm'' - Composer (2021) * ''Scarygirl'' - Composer (2023)

Soundtrack

* ''

'' – "Five Kangaroos" – Writer (March 2014) * ''Another Country'' – "Fuse" – Writer, Performer (2015) * ''

'' – "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

to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. ! , - ,

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References

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