James Hannigan is a BAFTA-winning composer whose evocative scores span AAA games, television, audio drama and other media. His game credits include entries in major franchises including Harry Potter, Dead Space, RuneScape, Warhammer, Evil Genius, FIFA, F1, Transformers, Theme Park, The Lord of the Rings, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Command & Conquer, among others, with his scores receiving five further BAFTA nominations. An IFMCA Award winner for EA’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and a Webby Award recipient for The Sandman: Act II, Hannigan has recorded with ensembles including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. His full-cast audio drama work includes The Sandman series – Amazon’s best-selling Audible Original – the Alien series, the newly recorded Discworld, and the Harry Potter audiobooks. His music – such as Red Alert 3 Theme: Soviet March, RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection, The Song of Orpheus sung by Regé-Jean Page, and wider placements across television series and advertising – has reached audiences through hundreds of millions of streams, broadcasts and productions. | READ FULL BIOGRAPHY
“The most powerful weapon is the music.”
L.A. TIMES
“… James Hannigan’s music makes The Sandman totally immersive.”
THE SUNDAY TIMES
“the best music in the series..”
MOVIE MUSIC UK – HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (VG)
“…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
“horns and violins rise to cacophony, 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… possibly the most appropriate music ever….”
GAME FAQS
“James Hannigan has not missed a beat.”
GAMING TREND
“formidable music, sometimes terrifying, sometimes tender…”
THE TIMES
“…some of the most viscerally satisfying bombast ever produced”
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, expands the original … Brilliant Music.”
GAMEWATCHER
(Montage conducted by Allan Wilson / Johannes Vogel; Music by James Hannigan)
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