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Rachel Portman
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman is a British composer who made history in 1996 for being the first female composer to win an Academy Award for the Best Original Score, for Emma. She was also nominated twice, for the soundtracks of 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. Her acute career choices complement her compositional gifts, and she has carved out a unique niche as a composer of human-size stories, an increasing rarity in the box office-dominated film world of the 2000s and 2010s." From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Portman) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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We Had Today
Rachel Portman
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Frozen Lake (from "The Human Stain", Arr. for Piano & Cello)
Rachel Portman
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Main Title (From "Chocolat" Soundtrack)
Rachel Portman
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One Day: Piano Suite
Rachel Portman
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Minor Swing (From "Chocolat" Soundtrack)
Rachel Portman

Albums

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The Return (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2024
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Godmothered (Original Soundtrack)

2020
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Their Finest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2017
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We Were the Lucky Ones (Original Soundtrack)

2024
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ask the river

2020
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A Dog's Purpose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2017
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Beyond the Screen - Film Works on Piano

2023
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The Vow (Original Motion Picture Score)

2020
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Julia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2021
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Mimi And The Mountain Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2019

Singles & EPs

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June

Single • 2025
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We Were the Lucky Ones Theme (From "We Were the Lucky Ones")

Single • 2024
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Frozen Lake (from "The Human Stain", Arr. for Piano & Cello)

Single • 2022
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Moment in Time

Single • 2025
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The Duchess: Piano Suite

Single • 2023
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Good Night You Kings

Single • 2022
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Eventide

Single • 2025
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Chocolat: Piano Suite

Single • 2023
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Hannah's Song

Single • 2025
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One Day: Piano Suite

Single • 2022

Videos

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Rachel Portman playing The Cider House Rules

Rachel Portman • 27K views
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A Gift by Rachel Portman (2020) Node Records

Rachel Portman • 521 views
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Dolphin Tale 2 Soundtrack - Rachel Portman - Official Album Preview

Rachel Portman • 56K views

Featured on

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Solo Piano Bliss

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Classical Focus

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Gentle Piano

Playlist • YouTube Music

Playlists by Rachel Portman

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Beyond the Screen – Film Works on Piano

Playlist • Rachel Portman • 3.2K views
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Rachel Portman Official Music Videos

Playlist • Rachel Portman • 171 views

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