Journey, with no relation to the band, is the first video game to get nominated for a Grammy and will be contending in the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
The award for "Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media", which apparently encompasses video games now, has some pretty stiff competition. Among them is John Williams (known for composing some of the most iconic soundtracks such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones) for Adventures of Tintin, Ludovic Bource for the recent silent film The Artist, Hans Zimmer (known for his infamous "BWAAAAAAHHHMM"s) for Dark Knight Rises, Trent Reznor (the man behind Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus Ross (who previously collaborated with Reznor for The Social Network soundtrack) for The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, Howard Shore for Martin Scorsese's Hugo, and of course Austin Wintory for Journey.
Video game music has been receiving some more recognition in the more mainstream awards, with the song "Baba Yetu" from Sid Meier's Civilization IV winning one at the 53rd Grammys. However, the song was also available outside the video game, appearing on composer Christopher Tin's own debut album, and thus Journey gets the recognition as the first video game to be nominated by name.
Journey was released early this year for the Playstation 3. Similar to other works by Thatgamecompany, such as Flow and Flower, the game is almost not a video game, but more of an interactive piece. In the game, a player simply takes control of a robed figure as they walk across the desert to the location of a fallen star. The game is notable for having its music respond to the player based on their actions, possibly helping net the nomination.