Rachel Portman
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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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.
Known for
Dancing Fruit
Julia
Godmothered
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
The Street
Archie
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Their Finest
A Dog's Purpose
Race
Despite the Falling Snow
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
Bessie
Dolphin Tale 2
Still Life
Paradise
The Right Kind of Wrong
Belle
Private Peaceful
Bel Ami
The Vow
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
His Way
One Day
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Never Let Me Go
Grey Gardens
The Duchess
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Lights, Action, Music
Infamous
The Lake House
Oliver Twist
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Manchurian Candidate
Mona Lisa Smile
The Human Stain
Nicholas Nickleby
The Truth About Charlie
Hart's War
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Closer You Get
Chocolat
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Cider House Rules
Ratcatcher
Home Fries
Beloved
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Addicted to Love
Marvin's Room
Emma
The Adventures of Pinocchio
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Smoke
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
The Road to Wellville
War of the Buttons
Great Moments in Aviation
Only You
The Joy Luck Club
Friends
Benny & Joon
Ethan Frome
Used People
Rebecca's Daughters
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Living with Dinosaurs
The Widowmaker
Life Is Sweet
Shoot to Kill
Sometime in August
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
The Woman in Black
Nice Work
Monster Maker
The Short & Curlies
1914 All Out
The Falklands War: The Untold Story
Four Days in July
Last Day of Summer
Privileged
The Oscars