Rachel Portman
Sound
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, OBE (born 11 December 1960) is an English composer who is best known for scoring films. Portman's career in music began with writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 films such as Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Mike Leigh's Four Days in July and Jim Henson's Storyteller series. Since then, Portman has written over 100 scores for film, television and theatre. Her other works include a children's opera, The Little Prince (which was later adapted for television) and Little House on the Prairie, a musical based upon the Laura Ingalls Wilder books Little House on the Prairie (2008). Portman was commissioned to write a piece of choral music for the BBC Proms series in August 2007 called The Water Diviner's Tale. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel Portman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieThe Return
2024
Original Music Composer
tvWe Were the Lucky Ones
2024
Original Music Composer
movieDancing Fruit
2023
Original Music Composer
movieJulia
2021
Original Music Composer
movieGodmothered
2020
Original Music Composer
movieThe Street
2019
Original Music Composer
movieArchie
2019
Music
movieTheir Finest
2017
Original Music Composer
movieA Dog's Purpose
2017
Original Music Composer
movieRace
2016
Original Music Composer
movieDespite the Falling Snow
2016
Original Music Composer
movieI Wish For You
2016
Original Music Composer
movieBessie
2015
Original Music Composer
movieDolphin Tale 2
2014
Original Music Composer
movieStill Life
2013
Original Music Composer
movieParadise
2013
Original Music Composer
movieThe Right Kind of Wrong
2013
Original Music Composer
movieBelle
2013
Original Music Composer
movieGirl Rising
2013
Music
moviePrivate Peaceful
2012
Original Music Composer
movieBel Ami
2012
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieThe Vow
2012
Original Music Composer
movieSnow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011
Original Music Composer
movieHis Way
2011
Original Music Composer
movieOne Day
2011
Original Music Composer
movieNever Let Me Go
2010
Original Music Composer
movieGrey Gardens
2009
Original Music Composer
movieThe Duchess
2008
Original Music Composer
movieThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
Original Music Composer
movieInfamous
2006
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lake House
2006
Original Music Composer
It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of
2006
Music
Twist by Polanski
2006
Original Music Composer
movieOliver Twist
2005
Original Music Composer
movieBecause of Winn-Dixie
2005
Original Music Composer
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
Original Music Composer
movieThe Return of the Dancing Master
2004
Original Music Composer
movieMona Lisa Smile
2003
Original Music Composer
movieThe Human Stain
2003
Original Music Composer
movieNicholas Nickleby
2002
Original Music Composer
movieThe Truth About Charlie
2002
Original Music Composer
movieHart's War
2002
Original Music Composer
movieThe Emperor's New Clothes
2001
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
movieThe Closer You Get
2000
Original Music Composer
movieChocolat
2000
Original Music Composer
movieThe Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cider House Rules
1999
Original Music Composer
movieRatcatcher
1999
Original Music Composer
movieThe Other Sister
1999
Original Music Composer
movieHome Fries
1998
Original Music Composer
movieBeloved
1998
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieBeauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieAddicted to Love
1997
Original Music Composer
movieMarvin's Room
1996
Original Music Composer
moviePalookaville
1996
Original Music Composer
movieEmma
1996
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
movieThe Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
Original Music Composer
movieTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Original Music Composer
movieSmoke
1995
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieA Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
Original Music Composer
movieThe Road to Wellville
1994
Original Music Composer
movieWar of the Buttons
1994
Original Music Composer
movieGreat Moments in Aviation
1994
Original Music Composer
movieSirens
1994
Original Music Composer
movieOnly You
1994
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieFriends
1994
Original Music Composer
movieThe Joy Luck Club
1993
Original Music Composer
movieBenny & Joon
1993
Original Music Composer
movieEthan Frome
1993
Original Music Composer
movieUsed People
1992
Original Music Composer
movieRebecca's Daughters
1992
Original Music Composer
Flea Bites
1992
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
Original Music Composer
tvThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
Original Music Composer
movieWhere Angels Fear to Tread
1991
Original Music Composer
movieLife Is Sweet
1991
Original Music Composer
movieLiving with Dinosaurs
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Widowmaker
1990
Music, Original Music Composer
movieAntonia and Jane
1990
Original Music Composer
movieShoot to Kill
1990
Original Music Composer
tvShoot to Kill
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Woman in Black
1989
Original Music Composer
tvNice Work
1989
Original Music Composer
tvYoung Charlie Chaplin
1989
Original Music Composer
moviePrecious Bane
1989
Original Music Composer
tvThe Storyteller
1988
Original Music Composer
movieThe Short & Curlies
1987
Original Music Composer
movie1914 All Out
1987
Original Music Composer
movieThe Falklands War: The Untold Story
1987
Original Music Composer
tvA Little Princess
1987
Original Music Composer
movieFour Days in July
1984
Original Music Composer
movieLast Day of Summer
1984
Original Music Composer
movieSharma and Beyond
1984
Original Music Composer
Reflections
1984
Original Music Composer
movieExperience Preferred... But Not Essential
1982
Original Music Composer
moviePrivileged
1982
Original Music Composer
