Nicholas Hooper’s score for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a Grammy Award under the category of “Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.”

Up for best score soundtrack album are “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (composed by Alexander Desplat), “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” (Nicholas Hooper), “Milk” (Danny Elfman), “Star Trek” (Michael Giacchino) and “Up” (Giacchino). – Variety.com

The fifty-second annual Grammy Awards will be presented on January 31, 2010.