BAFTA Award Winner and five-time nominee James Hannigan is
active in a variety of entertainment industries. Among his
present and past projects (many of
them multi-million selling titles) are Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows (EA/WBIE), Lord of the
Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Command and Conquer
4: Tiberian Twilight, Command and Conquer:
Red Alert 3, Freelancer,
Evil Genius, Nintendo's Art Academy,
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
Republic, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
Conquest, Catwoman, Reign of
Fire, Brute Force, Lost in
Space, entries in
the Warhammer and Theme Park
series', various EA Sports titles and many others
- along with contributing to TV shows such as Primeval.
James regularly works with orchestras and choirs at home and
abroad including, among others, The Philharmonia Orchestra,
the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of
London, The Pinewood Singers, The Tiffin Boys Choir and the
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - recording at locations such
as Abbey Road Studios, Skywalker Ranch, Phoenix Sound and
Air-Lyndhurst. James frequently works with
renowned soloists such as Tony Hinnigan (Titanic, Braveheart), Miriam
Stockley (Adiemus), Miranda Keys and Soname - to name but a
few.
At this time, Video Games Live
are touring with some of James's music and, in September 2009,
the Eminence Symphony Orchestra debuted the first live
performance of Red Alert 3's 'Soviet March' at the
Sydney Entertainment Centre as part of "A Night in Fantasia".
Participating
as a panelist at events such as Tiga's 'Games Meet Film',
The Edinburgh International Festival, Musicworks, The
Develop Conference and The BAFTA Interactive Festival, James
also writes articles and has been featured on the cover of
Develop Magazine, profiled
in Post, Audio Media, Resolution, Tracksounds, Music,
Sound and the Moving Image (MSMI), Film Score Monthly
and
other publications - and has been interviewed by the BBC a
number of times.
(Picture shown: Harry Gregson-Williams,
Professor Stephen Deutsch and James Hannigan at the
Edinburgh International Festival, 2005).
Latest News:
- James has been
interviewed for Tom Hoover's new book, 'Soundtrack
Nation: Interviews with Today's Top Professionals in Film,
Videogame and Television Scoring' - available soon
via Amazon and other booksellers. Visit the
Scorenotes site.
- May 2010:
GoldSpirit Awards. The music of Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince (EA) has been nominated at the IX GoldSpirit
Awards.
- May 2010: BBC
Radio 4 Front Row interview. James has been
interviewed by Kirsty Lang, along with IVORs nominee Joris de
Man, to be aired on 13th May 2010 at 7.15pm.
Listen here.
