James Hannigan (born July 23, 1971) is a BAFTA-celebrated composer and writer of incidental music. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Incidental music is Music in a play, Television program Radio program Video game, film or some other form not primarily musical
He has scored many game titles, including, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Freelancer, Brute Force, Catwoman, Evil Genius, Republic: The Revolution, Sim Theme Park, Sim Coaster, Grand Prix 4, Warhammer, F1 Series, F1 Manager, FIFA Soccer Manager, Reign of Fire, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Infestation, Privateer: The Darkening and others. A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a computer and Video game that is based on the fifth instalment of the popular Harry Potter Freelancer is a space trading and combat simulation Computer game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft. Brute Force is a video game released for the Xbox by Microsoft in 2003. Catwoman is a 2004 Superhero film directed by Pitof and released by Warner Brothers & Village Roadshow Pictures on Evil Genius is a 2004 Real-time strategy and simulation Video game. Republic The Revolution is a computer game produced by Elixir Studios, founded by Demis Hassabis, a former programmer of Lionhead Theme Park World is a construction and management simulation, a sequel to the successful 1994 ''Theme Park''. Theme Park Inc (also known as SimCoaster or Theme Park Manager) is the last game of the series that started with Theme Park Grand Prix 4, commonly known as GP4 was released for the PC on October 9 2002, is currently the last Formula 1 Racing simulator FIFA Soccer Manager (or simply FSM) is a 1997 football managing Computer game developed and published by Electronic Arts by their Conquest Frontier Wars is a Real Time Strategy engine released in 2001 by Ubi Soft and Fever Pitch Studios.
Hannigan's music has been nominated four times by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and he shared a win with Electronic Arts in 2000 for Sim Theme Park. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Theme Park World is a construction and management simulation, a sequel to the successful 1994 ''Theme Park''. An accomplished sound designer, in earlier years Hannigan also worked on films such as Lost in Space and is based at Pinewood Studios in the UK, where he heads up the production company Post Linear Creations. Lost in Space is a 1998 feature-length motion picture produced by New Line Cinema, starring William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Pinewood Studios is a major British Film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire.
In 2004, Hannigan wrote "Changing Our Tune", a seminal cover article for the UK's Develop magazine, which outlined the differences between scoring for games and conventional linear media forms. He has also been featured and/or interviewed in journals such as Resolution, Audio Media, Post and Musician, and has talked at events such as the Edinburgh International Games Festival, Musicworks and the BAFTA Interactive Festival. In 2007, a collage of James's music from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was added to Video Games Live - debuting in London at the Royal Festival Hall on October 22nd, 2007, and featuring the Philharmonia orchestra. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a computer and Video game that is based on the fifth instalment of the popular Harry Potter Video Games Live (VGL is a concert series created and produced by industry veterans and video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall
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