---
name: "Nicholas Hooper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-hooper"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-hooper"
imdb_id: "nm0393781"
tmdb_id: 11344
wikidata_id: "Q521288"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T15:18:35.180612+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nicholas Hooper

## Identity

Nicholas Hooper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-hooper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-hooper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0393781
- **TMDB ID:** 11344
- **Wikidata ID:** Q521288
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521288, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11344

Composer. Born 1 January 1952 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, London
- **Active:** 1991–2010
- **Frequently works with:** [David Yates](https://film.one/person/david-yates.md), [Philip Martin](https://film.one/person/philip-martin.md), [Daniel Radcliffe](https://film.one/person/daniel-radcliffe.md), [David Barron](https://film.one/person/david-barron.md), [David Heyman](https://film.one/person/david-heyman.md), [Emma Watson](https://film.one/person/emma-watson.md), [Rupert Grint](https://film.one/person/rupert-grint.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 76 (4)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,872m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hooper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521288, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11344

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md) (68), [*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md) (66)
- **Apple TV:** [*Prime Suspect*](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Way We Live Now*](https://film.one/tv/the-way-we-live-now.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nicholas Hooper is a British film and television composer and guitarist. He studied at the Royal College of Music in the early 1970s and has written scores for over 250 productions since the 1980s.

He is known for his long collaboration with director David Yates on projects including *The Way We Live Now* (2001), *State of Play* (2003), *The Girl in the Café* (2005) and the Harry Potter films *Order of the Phoenix* (2007) and *Half-Blood Prince* (2009). Hooper also scored *Prime Suspect: The Final Act* (2006).

Hooper has received two BAFTA Awards for Best Original Television Music, for *The Young Visiters* (2003) and *Prime Suspect: The Final Act* (2006), as well as an Ivor Novello Award and a Grammy nomination.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md)
- *State of Play* (2003), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/state-of-play.md)
- *The Way We Live Now* (2001), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-way-we-live-now.md)
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Winter Thaw* (2016), Music
- *The Escape Artist* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Wido* (2013), Music
- *Chimpanzee* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Stella Days* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Birdsong* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *African Cats* (2011), Music
- *Mo* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Enid* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.md)
- *Einstein and Eddington* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* (2007), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix.md)
- *The Best Man* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *My Family and Other Animals* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl in the Café* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Heart of Me* (2004), Music
- *State of Play* (2003), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/state-of-play.md)
- *Loving You* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Future Is Wild* (2002), series, Music
- *The Way We Live Now* (2001), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-way-we-live-now.md)
- *Andes to Amazon* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Tichborne Claimant* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Akbar's Cheetah* (1999), Music
- *Tiger: The Elusive Princess* (1999), Music
- *Mirror, Mirror* (1995), series, as Nicholas Romanov
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

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