“… James Hannigan’s music makes The Sandman totally immersive.” – THE SUNDAY TIMES
“The most powerful weapon is the music.” –L.A. TIMES on DEAD SPACE 3
“the best music in the game series..” – MOVIE MUSIC UK, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
“An astonishing composer…” – NEIL GAIMAN
“…a wonderful cinematic score” – AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE
“[Evil Genius] expertly captures the ‘60s spy-movie aesthetic” – GAME INFORMER
” a superb score by composer James Hannigan — nothing more, nothing less.” – MULTIVERSITY COMICS
“Seeing a horde of monsters fast approaching, with pointy limbs flailing, as .. horns and violins rise to cacophony, is guaranteed to get the heart pumping.” – TIME
“A score which combines musicality with wit … complementing the sound perfectly.” – BAFTA
“10/10. The music in Republic is amazing. It is possibly the greatest and most appropriate music in any game ever…. fits the game so well it is untrue.” – GAME FAQS
“Returning composer James Hannigan [has] brought this new game to life without losing step with the original. The music shows that he has not missed a beat.” – GAMING TREND
“The formidable music, sometimes terrifying, sometimes tender, is by the composer James Hannigan, noted for his contributions to screen and video games” – THE TIMES
“…some of the most viscerally satisfying bombast ever produced. Starting with “The Inquisitorial Squad”, Hannigan never makes the mistake of fashioning directionless sound and fury.” – GGM
“The soundtrack is particularly fantastic” – IGN
“…a cohesive musical story from start to finish.” – FORBES
“The music truly excels” – RAPID REVIEWS
“The music.. is amazing. James Hannigan returns and he expands the original soundtrack with gusto… Brilliant Music.” – GAMEWATCHER
James Hannigan is a BAFTA award-winning composer and producer with credits ranging from multi-million-selling video games to television and cutting-edge audio drama. His work includes entries in the Harry Potter, Dead Space, Evil Genius, RuneScape, Warhammer, The Lord of the Rings, Theme Park, Art Academy, EA Sports, Transformers, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and Command and Conquer video game series; full-cast audio adaptations including the NY Times #1 bestselling The Sandman, the Audie award-winning Alien series, and the newly recorded Discworld. His themes, such as the parodic "Soviet March" from the Command and Conquer series, have been streamed hundreds of millions of times, and among his recent awards are a Webby People's Choice Award for The Sandman Act II (with James McAvoy , Michael Sheen, and Regé-Jean Page) and, in earlier years, an IFMCA (International Film Music Critics Association) Award for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince VG (also BAFTA Nominated for Original Music, 2010).
Represented by the COOL Music agency in London, Hannigan has recorded with world class orchestras including The Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, at iconic studios such as Abbey Road, Air-Lyndhurst, and Skywalker Ranch... READ MORE >>
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