Rachel Portman

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Rachel Portman

Sound 65 December 11, 1960

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…

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One Day

One Day

7.4 2011 Movie
The Vow

The Vow

7.2 2012 Movie
A Dog's Purpose

A Dog's Purpose

7.6 2017 Movie
Chocolat

Chocolat

7.0 2000 Movie
The Lake House

The Lake House

7.0 2006 Movie
Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

6.8 2010 Movie
Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile

6.9 2003 Movie
The Duchess

The Duchess

7.0 2008 Movie
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

6.5 2004 Movie
Race

Race

7.3 2016 Movie
The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules

7.1 1999 Movie
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

6.8 2005 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    The Return

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2024
    We Were the Lucky Ones

    TV show Original Music Composer

  3. 2023
    Dancing Fruit

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2021
    Julia

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2020
    Godmothered

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2019
    Mimi and the Mountain Dragon

    Movie Music

  7. 2019
    The Street

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2019
    Archie

    Movie Music

  9. 2017
    Score: A Film Music Documentary

    Movie Self

  10. 2017
    Their Finest

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2017
    A Dog's Purpose

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2016
    Race

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2016
    Despite the Falling Snow

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2016
    I Wish For You

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2015
    Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity

    Movie Music

  16. 2015
    Bessie

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 2014
    Dolphin Tale 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2013
    Still Life

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2013
    Paradise

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2013
    The Right Kind of Wrong

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2013
    Belle

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2013
    Girl Rising

    Movie Music

  7. 2012
    Private Peaceful

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2012
    Bel Ami

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2012
    The Vow

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2011
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2011
    His Way

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2011
    One Day

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2010
    National Theatre Live: London Assurance

    Movie Music

  14. 2010
    Never Let Me Go

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2009
    Grey Gardens

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2008
    The Duchess

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 2008
    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 2007
    Lights, Action, Music

    Movie Self

  19. 2006
    Infamous

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 2006
    The Lake House

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 2006
    It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of

    Movie Music

  22. 2006
    Twist by Polanski

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 2005
    Oliver Twist

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 2005
    Because of Winn-Dixie

    Movie Original Music Composer