James Hannigan
Weaving an eclectic mix of influences including electronica, jazz, ambient and industrial music into his rich, classical scores, English composer and sound designer James Hannigan (born on July 23rd, 1971) has soundtracked a vast array of video games, TV shows and podcasts over the course of a career spanning multiple decades. Well-versed in a multitude of analog instruments and effects including the Lexicon PCM 80 and the Sherman Filterbank as well as digital plugins, he quickly made a name for himself in the mid-1990s, rising to prominence in the gaming world as an in-house composer at Electronic Arts Europe. After scooping up a BAFTA Award in 2000 for his Sim Theme Park soundtrack, he went on to land increasingly high-profile opportunities, scoring the wildly popular fantasy game RuneScape and several Harry Potter games in the early 2000s while landing four further BAFTA nominations. In 2008, Hannigan enjoyed a major breakthrough with “Soviet March”, the theme from strategy game Command & Conquer: Red Alert, which has since racked up tens of millions of streams. After working on various live-action programmes including the dinosaur sci-fi series Primeval, he has since teamed up with Nintendo to soundtrack various games including Art Academy and Super Smash Bros. Wii U, and has been solely responsible for scoring the podcast adaptation of DC Comics’ The Sandman.
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Discography
4 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Dead Space 3
EA Games Soundtrack, James Hannigan, Jason Graves
Film Soundtracks - Released by EA Music on 12 Feb 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ea Music Composer Series: James Hannigan, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by EA Music on 10 Apr 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Original Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Rebellion Music on 1 Aug 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
EA Music Composer Series: James Hannigan, Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by EA Music on 10 Apr 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo