
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel Portman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sound 106
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
- 2023
Dancing Fruit
Original Music Composer
- 2021
Julia
Original Music Composer
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
Music
The Street
Original Music Composer
Archie
Music
- 2017
- 2016
I Wish For You
Original Music Composer
- 2015
Sainsbury's: Mog's Christmas Calamity
Music
- 2014
- 2013
Paradise
Original Music Composer
Girl Rising
Music
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Music
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2006
Infamous
Original Music Composer
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
The Emperor's New Clothes
Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
Palookaville
Original Music Composer
- 1995
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Original Music Composer
- 1994
War of the Buttons
Original Music Composer
Great Moments in Aviation
Original Music Composer
Friends
Original Music Composer
- 1993
- 1992
Rebecca's Daughters
Original Music Composer
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen
Music
The Cloning of Joanna May
Original Music Composer
- 1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
Original Music Composer
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Orpheus & Eurydice
Original Music Composer
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
Original Music Composer
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur
Original Music Composer
Life Is Sweet
Original Music Composer
- 1990
Living with Dinosaurs
Original Music Composer
The Widowmaker
Music, Original Music Composer
Antonia and Jane
Original Music Composer
Shoot to Kill
Original Music Composer
Shoot to Kill
Original Music Composer
Sometime in August
Music
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Music
1980s
- 1989
The Woman in Black
Original Music Composer
Nice Work
Original Music Composer
Young Charlie Chaplin
Original Music Composer
Monster Maker
Music
Precious Bane
Original Music Composer
- 1988
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
Original Music Composer
- 1987
The Short & Curlies
Original Music Composer
1914 All Out
Original Music Composer
The Falklands War: The Untold Story
Original Music Composer
A Little Princess
Original Music Composer
- 1986
Good As Gold
Music
- 1984
Four Days in July
Original Music Composer
Last Day of Summer
Original Music Composer
Sharma and Beyond
Original Music Composer
- 1982
Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
Original Music Composer
Privileged
Original Music Composer
Appearances3
2010s
- 2017
2000s
- 2007
Lights, Action, Music
Self
1950s
- 1953