Rachel Portman
Known for: Sound
Born: December 11, 1960
Place of birth: Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
99 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
6.6
The Return
2024
7.5
We Were the Lucky Ones
2024
1.0
Dancing Fruit
2023
6.2
Julia
2021
6.7
Godmothered
2020
6.3
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
2019
7.8
The Street
2019
NR
Archie
2019
7.2
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
6.6
Their Finest
2017
7.6
A Dog's Purpose
2017
7.3
Race
2016
5.7
Despite the Falling Snow
2016
NR
I Wish For You
2016
9.0
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
2015
6.4
Bessie
2015
6.9
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
7.5
Still Life
2013
4.9
Paradise
2013
5.9
The Right Kind of Wrong
2013
7.1
Belle
2013
7.0
Girl Rising
2013
6.6
Private Peaceful
2012
5.3
Bel Ami
2012
7.2
The Vow
2012
6.1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011
6.3
His Way
2011
7.4
One Day
2011
7.0
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
6.9
Never Let Me Go
2010
6.8
Grey Gardens
2009
7.0
The Duchess
2008
6.3
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
7.0
Lights, Action, Music
2007
6.5
Infamous
2006
7.0
The Lake House
2006NR
It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of
20063.0
Twist by Polanski
2006
6.8
Oliver Twist
2005
6.5
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
5.3
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
6.9
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
6.0
The Human Stain
2003
6.8
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
4.9
The Truth About Charlie
2002
6.4
Hart's War
2002
6.8
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
5.7
The Closer You Get
2000
7.0
Chocolat
2000
6.6
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
7.1
The Cider House Rules
1999
7.1
Ratcatcher
1999
6.4
The Other Sister
1999
5.1
Home Fries
1998
5.8
Beloved
1998
6.2
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
6.2
Addicted to Love
1997
6.7
Marvin's Room
1996
5.9
Palookaville
1996
6.6
Emma
1996
5.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
7.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
7.2
Smoke
1995
5.3
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995NR
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
1995
5.6
The Road to Wellville
1994
7.0
War of the Buttons
1994
4.9
Great Moments in Aviation
1994
5.6
Sirens
1994
6.7
Only You
1994
6.1
Friends
1994
7.2
The Joy Luck Club
1993
7.0
Benny & Joon
1993
5.6
Ethan Frome
1993
5.8
Used People
1992
5.7
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
6.5
Rebecca's Daughters
1992
7.7
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
1992NR
Flea Bites
1992
NR
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
6.7
Where Angels Fear to Tread
1991
7.0
Life Is Sweet
1991
7.3
Living with Dinosaurs
1990
10.0
The Widowmaker
1990
5.4
Antonia and Jane
1990
NR
Shoot to Kill
19907.0
Shoot to Kill
1990
8.0
Sometime in August
1990
6.6
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
6.9
The Woman in Black
1989
6.7
Nice Work
1989
10.0
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
6.7
Monster Maker
1989
7.5
Precious Bane
1989
8.2
The Storyteller
1988
6.4
The Short & Curlies
1987
7.5
1914 All Out
1987
8.7
The Falklands War: The Untold Story
1987
7.7
A Little Princess
1987
NR
Good As Gold
1986
6.6
Four Days in July
1984
9.5
Last Day of Summer
1984
7.0
Sharma and Beyond
19845.3
Reflections
1984
7.2
Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
1982
7.5
Privileged
1982
7.0
The Oscars
1953