Career
Notable early game credits of Hannigan include Sim Theme Park, Space Hulk, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Wing Commander: Privateer 2: The Darkening and FreeLancer, and he has created and remixed tracks for numerous titles on the EA Sports label, along with creating scores for the BAFTA-nominated titles Evil Genius and Republic: The Revolution. Hannigan also composes for television, most recently contributing to BBC America sci-fi TV series Primeval. Some of his recent VG credits include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Art Academy and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
In the earlier stages of his career, between 1995 and 1997, James Hannigan held the position of in-house composer at Electronic Arts, before he based himself at the world-famous Pinewood Studios complex in West London, often collaborating with Richard Joseph. The pair worked on the sound and music for titles such as EA's Theme Park World and Theme Park Inc, along with Elixir Studios' Evil Genius and Republic: The Revolution. An accomplished sound designer, Hannigan has also worked on films such as Lost in Space.
On 27 July 2012, James Hannigan announced on his Facebook page that he is co-composing the music of Electronic Arts' forthcoming title, Dead Space 3, mentioning that he is working alongside composer Jason Graves on the project. This is James Hannigan's first involvement on the Dead Space series, but the pair have worked together before, most notably on EA title Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight.
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