Rachel Portman
Born: 1960-12-11 in Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
Known For: Sound
Biography
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.
Filmography
2024
- The Return ... (Original Music Composer)
- We Were the Lucky Ones ... (Original Music Composer)
2023
- Dancing Fruit ... (Original Music Composer)
2021
- Julia ... (Original Music Composer)
2020
- Godmothered ... (Original Music Composer)
2019
- Mimi and the Mountain Dragon ... (Music)
- The Street ... (Original Music Composer)
- Archie ... (Music)
2017
- A Dog's Purpose ... (Original Music Composer)
- Their Finest ... (Original Music Composer)
- Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
2016
- Race ... (Original Music Composer)
- Despite the Falling Snow ... (Original Music Composer)
- I Wish For You ... (Original Music Composer)
2015
- Bessie ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity ... (Music)
2014
- Dolphin Tale 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
- Belle ... (Original Music Composer)
- Still Life ... (Original Music Composer)
- Girl Rising ... (Music)
- Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Right Kind of Wrong ... (Original Music Composer)
2012
- The Vow ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bel Ami ... (Original Music Composer)
- Private Peaceful ... (Original Music Composer)
2011
- One Day ... (Original Music Composer)
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan ... (Original Music Composer)
- His Way ... (Original Music Composer)
2010
- Never Let Me Go ... (Original Music Composer)
- National Theatre Live: London Assurance ... (Music)
2009
- Grey Gardens ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- The Duchess ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
2007
- Lights, Action, Music as Self
2006
- The Lake House ... (Original Music Composer)
- Infamous ... (Original Music Composer)
- Twist by Polanski ... (Original Music Composer)
- It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of ... (Music)
2005
- Oliver Twist ... (Original Music Composer)
- Because of Winn-Dixie ... (Original Music Composer)
2004
- The Manchurian Candidate ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Return of the Dancing Master ... (Original Music Composer)
2003
- Mona Lisa Smile ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Human Stain ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- Hart's War ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Truth About Charlie ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nicholas Nickleby ... (Original Music Composer)
2001
- The Emperor's New Clothes ... (Orchestrator)
2000
- Chocolat ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Legend of Bagger Vance ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Closer You Get ... (Original Music Composer)
1999
- The Cider House Rules ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Other Sister ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ratcatcher ... (Original Music Composer)
1998
- Beloved ... (Original Music Composer)
- Home Fries ... (Original Music Composer)
1997
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas ... (Songs)
- Addicted to Love ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- Emma ... (Orchestrator)
- Marvin's Room ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio ... (Original Music Composer)
1995
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar ... (Original Music Composer)
- Smoke ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story ... (Original Music Composer)
- Palookaville ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Hollywood Soundtrack Story as Self
1994
- Only You ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sirens ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Road to Wellville ... (Original Music Composer)
- War of the Buttons ... (Original Music Composer)
- Friends ... (Original Music Composer)
- Great Moments in Aviation ... (Original Music Composer)
1993
- Benny & Joon ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Joy Luck Club ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ethan Frome ... (Original Music Composer)
1992
- Used People ... (Original Music Composer)
- Rebecca's Daughters ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Cloning of Joanna May ... (Original Music Composer)
- Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen ... (Music)
- Flea Bites ... (Original Music Composer)
1991
- Life Is Sweet ... (Original Music Composer)
- Where Angels Fear to Tread ... (Original Music Composer)
1990
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit ... (Music)
- Shoot to Kill ... (Original Music Composer)
- Shoot to Kill ... (Original Music Composer)
- Antonia and Jane ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Widowmaker ... (Music)
- Sometime in August ... (Music)
- Living with Dinosaurs ... (Original Music Composer)
1989
- Young Charlie Chaplin ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nice Work ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Woman in Black ... (Original Music Composer)
- Precious Bane ... (Original Music Composer)
- Monster Maker ... (Music)
1988
- The Storyteller ... (Original Music Composer)
1987
- A Little Princess ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Short & Curlies ... (Original Music Composer)
- 1914 All Out ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Falklands War: The Untold Story ... (Original Music Composer)
1986
- Good As Gold ... (Music)
1984
- Four Days in July ... (Original Music Composer)
- Last Day of Summer ... (Original Music Composer)
- Reflections ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sharma and Beyond ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- Experience Preferred... But Not Essential ... (Original Music Composer)
- Privileged ... (Original Music Composer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self