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.
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Filmography
all 98
Movies 94
TV Shows 4
self 2
Dancing Fruit (2023)
Julia (2021)
Godmothered (2020)
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon (2019)
The Street (2019)
Archie (2019)
Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)
Their Finest (2017)
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
Race (2016)
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity (2015)
Bessie (2015)
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Still Life (2013)
Paradise (2013)
The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
Belle (2013)
Private Peaceful (2012)
Bel Ami (2012)
The Vow (2012)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
His Way (2011)
One Day (2011)
National Theatre Live: London Assurance (2010)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Grey Gardens (2009)
The Duchess (2008)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Lights, Action, Music (2007)
Infamous (2006)
The Lake House (2006)
It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of (2006)
Twist by Polanski (2006)
Oliver Twist (2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
The Human Stain (2003)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Hart's War (2002)
The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
The Closer You Get (2000)
Chocolat (2000)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Ratcatcher (1999)
The Other Sister (1999)
Home Fries (1998)
Beloved (1998)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Addicted to Love (1997)
Marvin's Room (1996)
Emma (1996)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Palookaville (1995)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
Smoke (1995)
A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
The Road to Wellville (1994)
War of the Buttons (1994)
Great Moments in Aviation (1994)
Sirens (1994)
Only You (1994)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Friends (1993)
Benny & Joon (1993)
Ethan Frome (1993)
Used People (1992)
Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen (1992)
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
Living with Dinosaurs (1990)
The Widowmaker (1990)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Shoot to Kill (1990)
Shoot to Kill (1990)
Sometime in August (1990)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
Antonia and Jane (1990)
The Woman in Black (1989)
Nice Work (1989)
Loving Hazel (1989)
Monster Maker (1989)
Precious Bane (1989)
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens (1988)
The Short & Curlies (1987)
1914 All Out (1987)
Cariani and the Courtesans (1987)
The Falklands War: The Untold Story (1987)
Four Days in July (1984)
Last Day of Summer (1984)
Sharma and Beyond (1984)
Reflections (1984)
Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (1982)
Privileged (1982)
The Oscars (1953)
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Known ForSound
GenderFemale
Birthday1960-12-11 (63 years old)
Birth NameRachel Mary Berkeley Portman
Birth PlaceHaslemere, United Kingdom
Height
RelationshipsUberto Pasolini (1995-02-25 - 2006-01-01)
ChildrenGiulia Ginerva Pasolini Dall'Onda, Anna Gwendolen Pasolini Dall'Onda, Niky Joan Pasolini Dall'Onda
FatherBerkeley Portman
MotherPenélope Mowat
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
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