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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Movies (105)

La razón de estar contigo: Una Navidad perfecta
2026 · Original Music Composer

La Odisea: El Regreso
2024 · Original Music Composer

Dancing Fruit
2023 · Original Music Composer

Julia
2021 · Original Music Composer

Amadrinhada
2020 · Original Music Composer

Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
2019 · Music

The Street
2019 · Original Music Composer

Archie
2019 · Music

Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 · Self

Their Finest 2016
2017 · Original Music Composer

La razón de estar contigo
2017 · Original Music Composer

El triunfo del espíritu
2016 · Original Music Composer

Cuando cae la Nieve
2016 · Original Music Composer

I Wish For You
2016 · Original Music Composer

Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
2015 · Music

Bessie
2015 · Original Music Composer

Winter el Delfín 2
2014 · Original Music Composer

Still Life
2013 · Original Music Composer

Paraíso: Las Vegas
2013 · Original Music Composer

The Right Kind of Wrong
2013 · Original Music Composer

Belle
2013 · Original Music Composer

Girl Rising
2013 · Music

Private Peaceful
2012 · Original Music Composer

Bel Ami, Historia de un seductor
2012 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Votos de amor
2012 · Original Music Composer

Flor de nieve y el abanico secreto
2011 · Original Music Composer

His Way
2011 · Original Music Composer

Siempre el mismo día
2011 · Original Music Composer

National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010 · Music

Nunca me abandones (Never Let Me Go)
2010 · Original Music Composer

Grey Gardens: Diva Por Siempre
2009 · Original Music Composer

The Duchess
2008 · Original Music Composer

Un verano en pantalones 2
2008 · Original Music Composer

Lights, Action, Music
2007 · Self

Historia de un Crimen
2006 · Original Music Composer

La Casa del Lago
2006 · Original Music Composer
It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of
2006 · Music
Twist by Polanski
2006 · Original Music Composer

Oliver Twist
2005 · Original Music Composer

El Perro Sonriente
2005 · Original Music Composer

El embajador del miedo
2004 · Original Music Composer

The Return of the Dancing Master
2004 · Original Music Composer

La sonrisa de Mona Lisa
2003 · Original Music Composer

La piel del deseo
2003 · Original Music Composer

La leyenda de Nicholas Nickleby
2002 · Original Music Composer

The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Original Music Composer

En defensa del honor
2002 · Original Music Composer

The Emperor's New Clothes
2001 · Orchestrator, Original Music Composer

The Closer You Get
2000 · Original Music Composer

Chocolate
2000 · Original Music Composer

Leyendas de vida
2000 · Original Music Composer

Las Reglas De La Vida
1999 · Original Music Composer

Ratcatcher
1999 · Original Music Composer

The Other Sister
1999 · Original Music Composer

Todo en Familia
1998 · Original Music Composer

Amada hija
1998 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997 · Songs, Original Music Composer

Adictos Al Amor
1997 · Original Music Composer

Marvin's Room
1996 · Original Music Composer

Palookaville
1996 · Original Music Composer

Emma
1996 · Orchestrator, Original Music Composer

Las Aventuras de Pinocho
1996 · Original Music Composer

¿Reinas o reyes?
1995 · Original Music Composer

Smoke
1995 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995 · Original Music Composer
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
1995 · Self

The Road to Wellville
1994 · Original Music Composer

War of the Buttons
1994 · Original Music Composer

Great Moments in Aviation
1994 · Original Music Composer

Sirens
1994 · Original Music Composer

Sólo tú
1994 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Friends
1994 · Original Music Composer

El club de la buena estrella
1993 · Original Music Composer

Benny y Joon
1993 · Original Music Composer

Ethan Frome
1993 · Original Music Composer

Used People
1992 · Original Music Composer

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 · Music

Rebecca's Daughters
1992 · Original Music Composer

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
1992 · Music
Flea Bites
1992 · Original Music Composer

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
1991 · Original Music Composer

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
1991 · Original Music Composer

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
1991 · Original Music Composer

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
1991 · Original Music Composer

Where Angels Fear to Tread
1991 · Original Music Composer

Life Is Sweet
1991 · Original Music Composer

Living with Dinosaurs
1990 · Original Music Composer

The Widowmaker
1990 · Music, Original Music Composer

Antonia and Jane
1990 · Original Music Composer

Shoot to Kill
1990 · Original Music Composer

Sometime in August
1990 · Music

The Woman in Black
1989 · Original Music Composer

Monster Maker
1989 · Music

Precious Bane
1989 · Original Music Composer

The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
1988 · Original Music Composer

The Short & Curlies
1987 · Original Music Composer

1914 All Out
1987 · Original Music Composer

The Falklands War: The Untold Story
1987 · Original Music Composer

Good As Gold
1986 · Music

Four Days in July
1984 · Original Music Composer

Last Day of Summer
1984 · Original Music Composer

Sharma and Beyond
1984 · Original Music Composer
Reflections
1984 · Original Music Composer

Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
1982 · Original Music Composer

Privileged
1982 · Original Music Composer
TV shows (9)

Fuimos los afortunados
2024 · Original Music Composer

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Original Music Composer

Shoot to Kill
1990 · Original Music Composer

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · Music

Nice Work
1989 · Original Music Composer

Young Charlie Chaplin
1989 · Original Music Composer

The Storyteller
1988 · Original Music Composer

A Little Princess
1987 · Original Music Composer

The Oscars
1953 · Self
