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Rachel Portman (born December 11th, 1960 in Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award (for Emma in 1996), and went on to be nominated for the critically acclaimed The Cider House Rules in 1999 and Chocolat in 2000. For television, she composed the score for all thirteen episodes of Jim Henson's The Storyteller, and two episodes of The Jim Henson Hour ("Monster Maker" and "Living with Dinosaurs"). Portman recently composed most of the score for the 2006 film The Lake House.

Portman was educated in Worcester College at Oxford University.

Her other works include a children's opera, The Little Prince (which was later adapted for television), and an unused score written for the film Dangerous Beauty.

• Infamous (2006)
• The Lake House (2006)
• Twist by Polanski (2006)
• Oliver Twist (2005)
• Define Normal (2005)
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
• The Little Prince (2004)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Lard (2004)
• Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
• The Human Stain (2003)
• Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
• The Truth About Charlie (2002)
• Hart's War (2002)
• The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
• Chocolat (2000)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
• The Closer You Get (2000)
• The Cider House Rules (1999)
• Ratcatcher (1999)
• The Other Sister (1999)
• Beloved (1998)
• Home Fries (1998)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
• Addicted to Love (1997)
• Marvin's Room (1996)
• Emma (1996)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
• To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
• Palookaville (1995)
• Smoke (1995)
• A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
• The Road to Wellville (1994)
• Only You (1994)
• Sirens (1994)
• War of the Buttons (1994)
• Friends (1993)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• Benny & Joon (1993)
• Ethan Frome (1993)
• Great Moments in Aviation (1993)
• Used People (1992)
• Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992) (TV)
• Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
• The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
• Antonia and Jane (1991)
• Flea Bites (1991) (TV)
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
• Shoot to Kill (1990)
• Life is Sweet (1990)
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1990)
• The Widowmaker (1990)
• The Woman in Black (1989)
• Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
• Monster Maker (1989)
• Living with Dinosaurs (1989)
• Precious Bane (1989) (TV)
• The Storyteller (1988) TV Series
• Loving Hazel (1988)
• Sometime in August (1988)
• 1914 All Out (1987)
• The Short and Curlies (1987)
• The Falklands War: The Untold Story (1987)
• 90 Degrees South (1987)
• Sharma and Beyond (1986)
• Good as Gold (1986)
• A Little Princess (1986)
• Four Days in July (1985)
• Reflections (1984)
• Last Day of Summer (1984)
• Privileged (1982)

• Rachel Portman at the Internet Movie Database

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