Rachel Portman
Sound
- Born
- December 11, 1960 (age 65) · 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.
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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.
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Known for
One Day
March 2, 2011
The Vow
February 5, 2012
A Dog's Purpose
January 19, 2017
Chocolat
December 22, 2000
The Lake House
June 16, 2006
Never Let Me Go
March 18, 2010
Mona Lisa Smile
December 19, 2003
The Duchess
September 5, 2008
The Manchurian Candidate
July 30, 2004
Race
February 19, 2016
The Cider House Rules
December 17, 1999
Oliver Twist
September 23, 2005
Behind the camera101
- 2024The Return Original Music Composer
- 2023Dancing Fruit Original Music Composer
- 2021Julia Original Music Composer
- 2020Godmothered Original Music Composer
- 2019Mimi and the Mountain Dragon Music
- 2019The Street Original Music Composer
- 2019Archie Music
- 2017Their Finest Original Music Composer
- 2017A Dog's Purpose Original Music Composer
- 2016Race