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Rachel Portman
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Rachel Portman studied music at Oxford and began with music for British television and film, including Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). She writes melodically and lightly, with plenty of woodwind, strings, piano and harp. Her music often moves in small, dancing figures. That suited the many costume dramas and literary adaptations she was asked to score. With Emma (1996) she became the first woman to win an Oscar for film music. Oscar nominations followed for The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000). In Never Let Me Go (2010) she wrote restrained music with solo violin and piano.
Listening
Main Titles · Rachel Portman, 1996- Emma Writes Her Diary · Rachel Portman, 1996
Discography
Studio albums
- 1987Piano Moods / Piano Atmospheres
- 1992Used People (soundtrack)
- 1992Where the Angels Fear to Tread (soundtrack)
- 1993Benny & Joon (soundtrack)
- 1993The Joy Luck Club (soundtrack)
- 1994Sirens (soundtrack)
- 1994The Road to Wellville (soundtrack)
- 1994War of the Buttons (soundtrack)
- 1995A Pyromaniac’s Love Story (soundtrack)
- 1996Emma: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 1996The Adventures of Pinocchio (soundtrack)
- 1997Addicted to Love (soundtrack)
- 1997Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (soundtrack)
- 1998Beloved (soundtrack)
- 1999The Cider House Rules (soundtrack)
- 2000The Closer You Get (soundtrack)
- 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance (soundtrack)
- 2001Chocolat: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2002Hart's War (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2003Nicholas Nickleby (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2003The Human Stain (soundtrack)
- 2004The Emperor’s New Clothes (soundtrack)
- 2004The Little Prince (soundtrack)
- 2005Oliver Twist (soundtrack)
- 2006Infamous (soundtrack)
- 2006The Lake House (soundtrack)
- 2008The Duchess (soundtrack)
- 2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Original Motion Picture Score) (soundtrack)
- 2009Grey Gardens (soundtrack)
- 2010Never Let Me Go (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2011One Day: Original Score (soundtrack)
- 2011Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (soundtrack)
- 2012Bel Ami (soundtrack)
- 2012Private Peaceful: Music From the Original Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2012The Vow: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2013Girl Rising (soundtrack)
- 2013Paradise (soundtrack)
- 2014Belle (soundtrack)
- 2014Dolphin Tale 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2014Still Life (soundtrack)
- 2014The Right Kind of Wrong (soundtrack)
- 2016Despite the Falling Snow (soundtrack)
- 2016Race: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2017A Dog’s Purpose (soundtrack)
- 2017Their Finest (soundtrack)
- 2018Jim Henson's The Storyteller (soundtrack)
- 2019Mimi And The Mountain Dragon (soundtrack)
- 2020Ask the River
- 2020Godmothered (soundtrack)
- 2021Julia (soundtrack)
- 2021Julia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2024Rachel Portman: Tipping Points
- 2024Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons
- 2024The Return: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2024We Were the Lucky Ones: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025Dolomites
Other work
- 1990Life Is Sweet
- 1996Emma
- 2000Chocolat
- 2010Never Let Me Go
- 2011One Day
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- British costume drama and literary adaptation Genre
For Emma (1996) Rachel Portman wrote light, dancing music and became the first woman to win an Oscar for film music.