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Rachel Portman
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman is a British composer. She was the first female composer to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score, and was nominated two further times. 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 A Water Diviner's Tale. 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." She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2010, and is an honorary member of Worcester College, Oxford. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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We Had Today
Rachel Portman
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Main Title (From "Chocolat" Soundtrack)
Rachel Portman
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Frozen Lake (from "The Human Stain", Arr. for Piano & Cello)
Rachel Portman
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Vianne Sets Up Shop (From "Chocolat" Soundtrack)
Rachel Portman
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Minor Swing (From "Chocolat" Soundtrack)
Rachel Portman

Albums

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"Night at the Cinema"

2025
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Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons

2024
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ask the river

2020
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Rachel Portman: Dolomites

2025
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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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The Return (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2024
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Julia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2021
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We Were the Lucky Ones (Original Soundtrack)

2024
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Godmothered (Original Soundtrack)

2020

Singles & EPs

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Epilogue

Single • 2025
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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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The Swallow

Single • 2025
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Moment in Time

Single • 2025
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The Duchess: Piano Suite

Single • 2023
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Dolomites, pale mountains/IV. Saslonch

Single • 2025
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Eventide

Single • 2025
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Dolomites, pale mountains/III. Rosengarten

Single • 2025
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Hannah's Song

Single • 2025

Videos

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Rachel Portman playing The Cider House Rules

Rachel Portman • 30K views
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Dolphin Tale 2 Soundtrack - Rachel Portman - Official Album Preview

Rachel Portman • 58K views
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Much Loved by Rachel Portman (2020) Node Records

Rachel Portman • 216 views

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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 • 233 views

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