As an orchestrator, Andrew Kinney has contributed to more than 200 feature films, spanning all major genres. Along the way, he has worked for many distinguished film composers, including:
- Christopher Lennertz
- John Powell
- Brian Tyler
- Mark Isham
- Henry Jackman
- Marco Beltrami
- Ramin Djawadi
- Gabriel Yared
- Hans Zimmer
- John Debney
- David Newman
- Elia Cmiral
- Mark Watters
- John Frizzell
He studied film composition at the University of Southern California with Elmer Bernstein, Bruce Broughton, Christopher Young, David Raksin, Ron Jones, Buddy Baker, and others.