B I O G R A P H Y
With over two-billion annual streams of his music across YouTube and Spotify and featured by ASCAP as a “Composer to Watch,” Aaron is a Australian composer based in New York City. Composing for Film, television, concert hall, and theater he was awarded Australian Young Composer of the Year, as well winning a Telly Award for Best Music/Jingle for “Etihad." Nominated for Best Song at the Hollywood in Media Awards, he is also the Music Assistant to Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken (“The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty And The Beast,” “Aladdin”).
Aaron’s film work has been featured at film festivals around the world, including Cannes, Tribeca, Montreal, Zurich, St Kilda, Austin, and many more. His feature film scores include the Australian psychological thriller “Crushed,” Indigenous documentary “Remaking the Pathway,” as well as a live concert performance of the Buster Keaton classic “Seven Chances." His animated short “Flink’s Pigeon’s Problems” for Netflix/Skydance Animation has garnered over 1.5 million views on YouTube. He has also written music for several advertising campaigns, including GUCCI, Samsung, and Honda. He also recently worked with Stephen Schwartz on the Oscar-nominated score to “Wicked”.
For his work in Musical Theatre, Aaron has written music for the musicals: “Balls: The Monster Catchin’ Musical Comedy” (Caveat, NYC 2025), “A Hanukkah Carol, or GELT TRIP! The Musical” (World Premiere at Round House Theatre, MD 2024), “Holidays in the Air” (Meta NY’s Live-streamed Holiday musical), “A Brand New Year” (short film musical; Best Song nominated at Hollywood Music in Media Awards) and “On Your Mark!” (Theatre Now New York’s Sound Bites 3.0, and now available for licensing through Music Theater International). Aaron was selected for the 2017 NYC ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop and is a current member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop.
A graduate from the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium of Music with Honors in Composition, he also graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School with a Diploma in Screen Music. Aaron also received his Masters in Music Composition from the Steinhardt School at New York University, where he was also a recipient of both the Steinhardt and Alan Menken Scholarships.
AARON KENNY IS A MEMBER OF APRA|AMCOS and the GRAMMY RECORDING ACADEMY
HE IS ALSO A REPRESENTED ARTIST OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE
Aaron conducting his score with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra at 20th Century Fox Newman Scoring Stage, Los Angeles (2016)
A W A R D S & A C C O L A D E S
2021
NOMINATED BEST SCORE - PRODIGY FILM FESTIVAL (THE BOOKSHELF)
FINALIST FOR FRED EBB AWARD FOR MUSICAL THEATER
2020
WINNER BEST SOUND/SCORE - OKOTOKS FILM FESTIVAL (MY DAUGHTER YOSHIKO)
2019
WINNER - TELLY AWARD REGIONAL TV MUSIC/JINGLE (ETIMAD)
NOMINATED BEST SONG FOR SHORT FILM - HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS
(A BRAND NEW YEAR)
2017
NOMINATED BEST SCORE - PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL (SARAH CHONG)
NOMINATED BEST SCORE - PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL (JIHADI STREET)
ASCAP MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP WITH STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
NOMINATED BEST SCORE - APRA/AMCOS SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS (SARAH CHONG)
2016
ON YOUR MARK! MUSICAL OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT
NOMINATED BEST SCORE - JERRY GOLDSMITH AWARDS (DISCONNECT)
NOMINATED BEST SCORE - JERRY GOLDSMITH AWARDS (A MIGHTY NICE MAN)
SELECTED COMPOSER FOR NYC BMI MUSICAL THEATER SHOWCASE
ASCAP FILM SCORING WORKSHOP WITH RICHARD BELLIS (LOS ANGELES)
2015
WINNER - APRA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR FILM & TELEVISION
NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM SCORE - APRA SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WINNER - TISCH48 FILM FESTIVAL
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - ASIANS ON FILM FESTIVAL, LA
2014
BMI LEHMAN ENGEL MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP
FEATURED AS ASCAP ANNUAL "COMPOSER-TO-WATCH"
ASCAP/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILM SCORING WORKSHOP (NYC)
AACTA NOMINATION FOR BEST SHORT FILM (WELCOME TO IRON KNOB)
