James Scanlan

One of the founders of Beartrap Games, launched in October 2012.

Sound designer and composer with 11 years professional experience working in sound and 6 years game industry experience.

Experience working on a diverse range of projects from massive scale global events like the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony (asst recording engineer) to multi award winning films, games and animations (1 BAFTA win, 3 further BAFTA nominations, 12 International film awards).

Completed game projects on PS3, 360, PC, PSP, iOS, Web & Android. Highly skilled in game audio design, asset creation, composition and game development.

Additional work with National Trust on building digital recreations of their 17th century harpsichords (Benton-Fletcher collection) at Fenton House, Hampstead, London.

Also published a paper for Audio Engineering Society on adaptive audio for games.

Specialties: Sound effect creation, Asset management, Highly experienced in audio design tools (FMOD, WWISE, Scream, Logic, ProTools), Audio recording and mixing, Foley artist