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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Academy Awards
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Known For
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
(1997)
Original Music Composer and Songs
One Day
(2011)
Music
A Dog's Purpose
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Lake House
(2006)
Original Music Composer
The Vow
(2012)
Music
Hart's War
(2002)
Music
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Chocolat
(2000)
Original Music Composer
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)
Music
Godmothered
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Mona Lisa Smile
(2003)
Original Music Composer
The Human Stain
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Never Let Me Go
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Emma
(1996)
Orchestrator and Original Music Composer
Julia
(2021)
Original Music Composer
The Legend of Bagger Vance
(2000)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Last Day of Summer
(1984)
Music
Four Days in July
(1984)
Music
1914 All Out
(1987)
Original Music Composer
The Short & Curlies
(1987)
Original Music Composer
The Falklands War: The Untold Story
(1987)
Music
The Woman in Black
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Monster Maker
(1989)
Music
The Widowmaker
(1990)
Music
Life Is Sweet
(1990)
Music
Shoot to Kill
(1990)
Music
Sometime in August
(1990)
Music
Living with Dinosaurs
(1990)
Music
Where Angels Fear to Tread
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Used People
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Rebecca's Daughters
(1992)
Music
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
(1992)
Music
The Joy Luck Club
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Friends
(1993)
Music
Ethan Frome
(1993)
Music
Benny & Joon
(1993)
Original Music Composer
The Road to Wellville
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Sirens
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Great Moments in Aviation
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Only You
(1994)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
War of the Buttons
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Smoke
(1995)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
(1995)
Original Music Composer
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)
Music
Palookaville
(1995)
Music
Marvin's Room
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Emma
(1996)
Orchestrator and Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Pinocchio
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Addicted to Love
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
(1997)
Original Music Composer and Songs
Home Fries
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Beloved
(1998)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
Ratcatcher
(1999)
Original Music Composer
The Cider House Rules
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Chocolat
(2000)
Original Music Composer
The Legend of Bagger Vance
(2000)
Original Music Composer
The Closer You Get
(2000)
Music
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2001)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
The Truth About Charlie
(2002)
Music
Hart's War
(2002)
Music
Nicholas Nickleby
(2002)
Original Music Composer
The Human Stain
(2003)
Original Music Composer
Mona Lisa Smile
(2003)
Original Music Composer
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Oliver Twist
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Because of Winn-Dixie
(2005)
Original Music Composer
The Lake House
(2006)
Original Music Composer
Infamous
(2006)
Original Music Composer
It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of
(2006)
Music
The Duchess
(2008)
Original Music Composer
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Grey Gardens
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Never Let Me Go
(2010)
Original Music Composer
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
(2010)
Music
His Way
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
(2011)
Original Music Composer
One Day
(2011)
Music
Bel Ami
(2012)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
The Vow
(2012)
Music
Private Peaceful
(2012)
Original Music Composer
The Right Kind of Wrong
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Still Life
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Paradise
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Belle
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Dolphin Tale 2
(2014)
Original Music Composer
Bessie
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
(2015)
Music
Race
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Despite the Falling Snow
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Their Finest
(2017)
Original Music Composer
A Dog's Purpose
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Street
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
(2019)
Music
Archie
(2019)
Music
Godmothered
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Julia
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Dancing Fruit
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Acting