1. James Hannigan was born on 23 July 1971 and is a BAFTA Award winning composer and producer.
23 Facts About James Hannigan
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James Hannigan has scored full-cast adaptations of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and the Audie Award winning Alien dramas.
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In 2022, James Hannigan composed a new orchestral theme for the Discworld universe.
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James Hannigan created the opening music for the bestselling series of Harry Potter audiobooks read by Stephen Fry.
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In 2014, James Hannigan was nominated for a Develop Award for his work on RuneScape.
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James Hannigan has worked with the Philharmonia Orchestra, The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, The Slovak Symphony Orchestra, The Budapest Film Orchestra, and The Chamber Orchestra of London, recording at Abbey Road Studios, AIR Studios and Skywalker Ranch.
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James Hannigan has scored the Audi-award winning Alien series of Audible Originals, including Alien: Out of the Shadows, Alien: River of Pain, Alien: Sea of Sorrows, and Alien 3, with series cast members including Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, and Rutger Hauer.
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James Hannigan composed music introducing the Harry Potter series of audiobooks read by Stephen Fry, the intro music for Penguin Random House Audio's production of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, along with the full-cast audio drama Unseen Academicals.
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James Hannigan's music has been heard in BBC Radio 4 productions including Neverwhere and Good Omens.
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At EA, James Hannigan became involved in devising interactive music playback systems for video games during the early days of digital audio and streaming, and went on to form a strong working relationship with the company.
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James Hannigan had earlier worked on Wing Commander related titles such as Privateer 2: The Darkening.
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James Hannigan has posted videos on the subject of his early interactive music system design for titles such as Republic: The Revolution on YouTube.
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James Hannigan provided music for the videogame Infestation in 1999, created by Frontier Developments.
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In 2015, James Hannigan contributed music for Terraria: Otherworld, which was cancelled.
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In 2013, James Hannigan founded popular yearly conference Game Music Connect with friend and industry commentator, John Broomhall.
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In 2018, it was announced that James Hannigan had founded a new London-based conference on film, television, game and virtual reality music, to be known as 'Screen Music Connect'.
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In 2012 James Hannigan was made the subject of BAFTA's Conversations With Composers, held at the Albert Hall.
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James Hannigan has spoken at the Royal College of Music, has joined panels at NY Comic Con and academic conferences including Ludomusicology.
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In 2004, James Hannigan wrote "Changing Our Tune", a cover article for the UK's Develop magazine, outlining some of the differences between scoring for games and conventional linear media forms such as film and television.
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In 2016, James Hannigan wrote a foreword for Tim Summer's book, Understanding Video Game Music, published by Cambridge University Press.
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James Hannigan has written on his love of retro technology and the arcades of the 1980s, showcasing his studio arcade.
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In 2007, a collage of James Hannigan's music entitled Welcome to Hogwarts was added to Video Games Live debuting in London at the Royal Festival Hall on 22 October 2007, and featuring the Philharmonia orchestra.
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On 28 October 2010, a concert of James Hannigan's music was held at St Mary's Church, Nottingham, England.