Rachel Portman
Born: 11th December 1960, Haslemere, Surrey, UK
Nationality: English
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman is a British composer. She was the first female composer to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score (for Emma), and was nominated two further times (for The Cider House Rules and Chocolat). She has composed more than one hundred scores for film, television and theatre, and has collaborated with the BBC on several projects, including an opera based on The Little Prince and a choral symphony called The Water Diviner.
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.
Her success in her profession derives from "a natural affinity for the particularities of a film's narrative" and "her ability to forge a comprehensive articulation of a film's emotional thesis via her gift for colour and storytelling.
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- Book of Photographs (from 'Still Life') (2)
- Chocolat (1)
- Chocolat: Piano Suite (2)
- Emma: Piano Suite (2)
- Frozen Lake (from 'The Human Stain') (2)
- Girl Rising: Piano Suite (2)
- Good Night You Kings (from 'The Cider House Rules') (2)
- I'd Miss You (from 'Their Finest') (2)
- Letter Box (from 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan') (2)
- Life Is Sweet: Piano Suite (2)
- Never Let Me Go: Piano & Cello Suite (2)
- Oliver Twist (1)
- One Day: Piano Suite (2)
- Passage of Time (from 'Chocolat') (2)
- Snow Story (from 'Smoke') (2)
- Still Life: Piano Suite (2)
- The Cider House Rules (1)
- The Cider House Rules: Main Title (2)
- The Cider House Rules: Piano Suite (2)
- The Duchess: Piano Suite (2)
- The First Morning of the World (3)
- The Last Dinner (from 'Despite the Falling Snow') (2)
- The Little Prince (2)
- The Pier (from 'Never Let Me Go') (2)
- Vianne Sets Up Shop (from 'Chocolat') (2)
