James Hannigan

James Hannigan is a composer with involvement in a variety of industries. Starting his career in-house at Electronic Arts in the mid-1990s after a short stint in television, James later based himself at Pinewood Studios in West London, accumulating four BAFTA nominations for music and a win with Electronic Arts in 2000.

His credits include Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest,  Primeval (ITV; Series 3), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Red Alert Uprising, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Freelancer, Republic, Evil Genius, entries in the Warhammer series, Brute Force, Catwoman, Reign of Fire, Conquest, Grand Prix 4, Mr Bean, Sim Theme Park, Theme Park World, Lost In Space (sound design) and many others. 

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Television Drama

PRIMEVAL
SERIES 3 (Additional Score)
Impossible Pictures/ITV
Director: Tony Mitchell, Mark Everest, Cilla Ware, Richard Curson Smith, Matthew Thompson
Producer: Tim Bradley
Execs: Tim Haines, Adrian Hodges
Starring: Douglas Henshall

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Video Games

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest
Headstrong/Warner Bros

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Electronic Arts/Warner Bros

***IFMCA Award 2009: Best Original Score for a Video Game***

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs       
Ubisoft/Sony Pictures

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising 
EA LA

Unannounced Tile  
EA Bright Light Studio

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Electronic Arts

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
EA/Warner Bros
***Best of 2007, IGN; 'Best Game Score', Movie Music UK Awards 2007***

Freelancer
Digital Anvil/Microsoft

Evil Genius
VU Games
***BAFTA Nomination, Music, 2005***

Republic The Revolution
Eidos
***BAFTA Nomination, Music, 2004***

Conquest: Frontier Wars                                                               Digital Anvil / Ubisoft

Warhammer: SotHR
Mindscape; Games Workshop

Catwoman
EA/Warner Bros

Reign of Fire
`KUJU/BAM

Brute Force
Digital Anvil/Microsoft

Yamaha SuperCross                        
DSI Games

Mr. Bean
Blast! Ents

Jetix
Blast! Ents

Lost In Space
New Line Cinema

Sim Theme Park/Theme Park World
Electronic Arts
*** BAFTA Award, 2000***

Sim Coaster/Theme Park Inc
Electronic Art

Grand Prix 4
Infogames

Warhammer: Dark Omen
Electronic Arts; Sound Design

Action Man (multiple titles)
Intelligent Games/Hasbro

Privateer, The Darkening
Electronic Arts, Origin Systems

FA Premier League Manager
EA Sports
*** BAFTA Nomination, Music, 2000***

F1 Series - various
EA Sports

FIFA Soccer Manager                           
EA Sports

FIFA
various entries; EA Sports

Cutthroat Island
Sony Imagesoft

Flight of the Amazon Queen
Renegade

Infestation
Frontier Developments

MoHo                                                                                                   Lost Toys

Beasts and Bumpkins                          
Electronic Arts

Darklight Conflict                              
Electronic Arts

Space Hulk
Electronic Arts/Games Workshop

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Commercials/Misc

Big Screen, Space and Science, Distorted Reality, Short Cuts serie
miscellaneous library music productions

Ducati Launch Events

Ferrari Red Racing Advertising Campaign

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