James Hannay

Meet my new acquisition- A Yamaha C2 from 2012. I’ve had my eye on it for some time and now it’s mine. It’s a real beauty and has an absolutely gorgeous tone. Safe to say it’ll be a cornerstone of my compositions going forward. I can’t wait for you to hear it.

I have been busy with a couple of projects in the past couple of months. One that I am particularly proud to have been a part of. The excellent BBC documentary about Anna Campbell, a young British woman who went to fight for the Kurdish Liberation army and was tragically killed by a Turkish airstrike. It is directed and produced by the brilliant double Bafta winner Marina Parker and aired on BBC2 in early July. It’s still on iplayer see below link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006h6x

I co-composed the music with First Dates composer Miguel D’Oliveira, and feel honoured to share a billing with a class act like him.

The programme received wall-to-wall great reviews from all the major newspapers. Do check it out. And you can specifically find my music for it in my portfolio page.

‘Superb’ – 5* The Telegraph

‘The heartbreaking story behind a young woman’s decision to join a Kurdish Militia’ 5* -The Financial Times

‘Searing eloquence of a father who lost his daughter to a foreign war’ 5* -The Daily Mail

‘A powerful portrait of a father grieving for the girl he lost to war ‘ 4* -The Guardian

‘An excruciating swirl of pride, loss and guilt’ 4* -The Times

‘A devastating tale of a revolutionary who died fighting for her cause’ 4*-The i