Rachel Portman

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English composer. Known for writing film scores.
Born December 11, 1960 in Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK

ALBUMS

Despite The Falling Snow (Original Motion Picture Score)

2025, CD, Album, Kronos Records

Rachel Portman, Vivaldi* / Wolf Kerschek, Niklas Liepe (2), Erina Yashima, Patrick Lange (2), WDR Funkhausorchester

Tipping Points / The New Four Seasons

2024, 2xCD, Album, Sony Classical, Sony Music

Beyond The Screen / Film Works On Piano

Private Peaceful (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2021, CD, Album, Ltd, Kronos Records,

Score/Soundtrack

2020, CD, Album, Node Records

A Dog's Purpose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2019, CD, Album, Quartet Records

Jim Henson's The StoryTeller (Music From The Original Television Series)

2018, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Varèse Sarabande

Their Finest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2017, CD, Album, Varèse Sarabande,

Soundtrack/Score

Despite The Falling Snow (Original Motion Picture Score)

2016, CD, Album, Cube Soundtracks Ltd.

Race (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Right Kind Of Wrong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2014, CD, Album, Varèse Sarabande

Dolphin Tale 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2014, CD, Album, Ltd, Lakeshore Records,

Score/Soundtrack

Still Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score

Belle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Paradise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2013, CDr, Album, Milan Entertainment, Inc.

Rachel Portman And Michael Brook

The Vow (Original Motion Picture Score)

2012, CDr, Album, Not On Label

Lakshman Joseph De Saram, Rachel Portman

Bel Ami (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2011, CD, Album, Sony Classical,

Soundtrack/Score

Never Let Me Go (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Grey Gardens (Music From The HBO Film)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (Original Motion Picture Score)

Score/Soundtrack

The Duchess (Music From The Motion Picture)

Soundtrack/Score

The Lake House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2006, CD, Album, Lakeshore Records,

Infamous (Music From The Motion Picture)

Score/Soundtrack

Oliver Twist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Wyclef Jean / Rachel Portman

Music From The Motion Picture The Manchurian Candidate

2004, CD, Single, Promo, Varèse Sarabande

The Emperor's New Clothes (Original Motion Picture Score)

2004, CD, Album, Cube Records

The Manchurian Candidate (Music From The Motion Picture)

Rachel Portman / Nicholas Wright

The Little Prince - A Magical Opera

Mona Lisa Smile Original Score

2003, CD, Album, Columbia

The Human Stain (Original Score)

Rachel Portman, Various

Mona Lisa Smile: Music From The Motion Picture

Philip Glass, Kurt Weill, Karl Jenkins, Claude Debussy, Tatsuzo Akasaka, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Μιχάλης Νικολούδης, Glenn Gould, Charlotte Church, Rachel Portman, Jubilant Sykes, Takefumi Haketa, Billy Gilman, Aselin Debison

幾米：月亮忘記了

Nicholas Nickleby (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Hart's War (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2001, CD, Comp, Redial, Universal

Michael Kamen, Rachel Portman, David Raksin, Bob James, Howard Shore, Bruce Broughton

Reel Life (The Private Music Of Film Composers Vol. 1)

2000, CD, Album, Comp, Arabesque Recordings,

The Legend Of Bagger Vance (Music From The Motion Picture)

Chocolat (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)

Soundtrack/Score/Contemporary

The Cider House Rules (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)

Beloved (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Emma - Music From The Miramax Motion Picture

Marvin's Room (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)

Soundtrack/Score

A Pyromaniac's Love Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Sirens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score

Rachel Portman, Various

Only You (Music From The Motion Picture)

War Of The Buttons (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Road To Wellville - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Benny & Joon (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score/Alternative Rock

The Joy Luck Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Score/Soundtrack

Used People (Original Score)

Rachel Portman, Paul Williams (3), Jules Ruben

Solo Piano Styles

1991, CD, Album, Bruton Music, Bruton Music

Where Angels Fear To Tread - Original Soundtrack

Soundtrack/Opera

Rachel Portman / Paul Williams

Piano Moods / Piano Atmospheres

1987, LP, Comp, Mono, Bruton Music

The World Cinema Album

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Metro Doubles,

The Truth About Charlie: Music From The Motion Picture

Miramax Films' Greatest Hits

1997, CD, Album, Comp, Miramax Records, Hollywood Records,

Un Piano Au Cinéma

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music,

See Siang Wong, Chih-Wei Hu

Cinema Classics: The Piano At The Movies

2016, 2xCD, Dig, Sony Classical, Sony Music,

Soundtrack/Theme/Classical

Reel Love (The Cinematic Romance Album)

2005, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Silva Screen, Silva Screen,

Bar Classics 2 - Das Beste Aus Jazz Und Klassik Zur Späten Stunde

2004, 6xCD, Comp, Sony Classical,

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Post Bop/Impressionist/Romantic/Cool Jazz/Modern/Theme/Vocal

2001 Drum Corps International World Championships Buffalo, New York Volumes 1-3

2001, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Not On Label,

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Classical,

At The Movies מהסרטים

2003, CD, Comp, NMC (2),

Contemporary/Soundtrack/Score

APPEARANCES +

Raphaela Gromes

2023, 2xCD, Sony Classical,

Esther Abrami, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Palmer

2023, Vinyl orange vinyl,

The Sound Of Movies

Baroque/Romantic/Modern

2020, CD Jewel Case,

Chanson/Holiday

A Dog's Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2019, CD, Album, Quartet Records,

Soundtrack/Score

Christophe Julien

Au Revoir Là-Haut (Bande Originale)

Score/Soundtrack

Lisa Friend With The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra*

2016, CD, Album, Silva Classics,

Brussels Philharmonic / Dirk Brossé

15 Years WSA - A Film Music Celebration

2015, CD, Album, Promo, Not On Label

Clouds Are Far Behind Me

2014, CD, Album, Not On Label (Simeon Wood Self-released)

John Williams (4), The City Of Prague Philharmonic

The Music Of John Williams - The Definitive Collection

Messadi Da Nadal (Die Schönsten Weihnachtslieder)

2009, CD, Album, Club, Zoom!, Maestro! (2),

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Far From The Madding Crowd (A Fantasia Of British Classical And Film Music)

2009, 2xCD, Comp, Tadlow Music

Miss Potter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score/Contemporary

Because Of Winn-Dixie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Joseph McManners

Quiet On The Set - James Galway At The Movies

2004, CD, Comp, RCA Red Seal,

The Classic Score (Die Sound-Highlights Der Größten Filmmusiken)

Soundtrack/Score

MGM/UA Music Catalog Sampler Volume Two

2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.,

Soundtrack/Score/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Acoustic/Techno/Big Band/Latin Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Romantic/Soul-Jazz/Ambient/Southern Rock/Country Rock

Downtempo/Synth-pop/Ambient

French Classics

2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM

De Mooiste Muziek Uit Villa Felderhof & De Stoel

2000, CD, Comp, Corbeau Entertainment, EMI,

Soundtrack/Classical

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music Media,

1999, CD, Comp, Warner Special Marketing,

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, The City Of Prague Philharmonic

The Great British Film Music Album

1999, 2xHDCD, Comp, Dol, Silva Screen

Out At The Movies

Soundtrack/Score/Musical

Music From The Motion Picture The Other Sister

Soul-Jazz/Blues Rock/Soundtrack

As Long As There's Christmas

1998, CD, Single, Lautstark

Tant Qu'Il Y Aura Noël (Disney 'La Belle Et La Bête 2 : Le Noël Enchanté')

1998, CD, Single, Ariola, BMG France, Walt Disney Records,

All For Love Vol. 2

1998, CD, Comp, Rock Records & Tapes, Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records Three-Song CD Sampler

1997, Minimax, Smplr, Col, Walt Disney Records,

Disney's Beauty And The Beast Picture CD

1997, Minimax, Smplr, Pic, Walt Disney Records

Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Soundtrack/Score/Musical/Holiday

Addicted To Love (Music From The Motion Picture)

Soundtrack/Score/Contemporary

The Christmas Album

Rhythm & Blues/Holiday

MGM/UA Music Sampler

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.,

Soundtrack/Score

De Avonturen Van Pinokkio (Originele Filmmuziek)

Zbigniew Preisner

Feast Of July (Original Film Soundtrack)

1995, CD, Album, Angel Records,

1995, CD, Comp, Miramax Records,

1995, CD, Comp, Miramax Records, Hollywood Records,

Smoke (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar - Music From The Motion Picture

Love In the Cinema

The Kraft-Benjamin Agency: The 1993 Film Music Sampler

1993, CD, Promo, The Kraft - Benjamin Agency,

Score/Soundtrack

The Best Soundtracks In Show Business!!! Hollywood Records Goes Hollywood

CD, Promo, Hollywood Records,

Celluloid Orchestra

CDr, Album, Red Room Records (Berlin)

But Seriously, Kate

CD, Album, Not On Label

Short Cuts 2019

2020, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Quartet Records,

Soundtrack/Score

Tomasz Raczek W Kinie

2018, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music,

Varèse Sarabande: 40 Years Of Great Film Music 1978-2018

Theme/Soundtrack

Najpiękniejsza Muzyka Filmowa Vol. 2

2017, 2xCD, Comp, Pomaton,

Film Symphony Orchestra (2), Constantino Martínez-Orts

La Mejor Música De Cine Volumen 3

2016, 2xCD, Album, Liv, FSO Records (2),

Concert Film/Soundtrack/Score

Bersarin Quartett

SSS Podcast #034

2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, SeekSickSound

Varèse Sarabande: A 35th Anniversary Celebration

Soundtrack/Score

One Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The City Of Prague Philharmonic

Big Movie Music

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Silva Screen, Somerset Entertainment Ltd.,

The City Of Prague Philharmonic

Film Music 2008

2009, CD, Album, Comp, Silva Screen,

Soundtrack/Score/Theme

Varèse Sarabande: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (A Chronicle Of Great Film Music 2003-2008)

2008, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Varèse Sarabande,

Soundtrack/Modern Classical/Score/Contemporary/Ambient

Nic Raine, Klassik Radio Pops

Berlin 08 - Die Grosse Welt Der Filmmusik

2008, 2xCD, Album, Klassik Radio Records,

Classic FM at the Movies: The Sequel

2007, 3xCD, Comp, Classic FM,

Soundtrack/Neo-Classical/Classical/Modern/Theme/Musical/Romantic

Classic FM At The Movies

2006, 3xCD, Comp, Classic FM

Brigitte Wellness - Schön Entspannt 3

2004, CD, Comp, Brigitte, Sony Classical,

Varèse Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration, Volume Two

2003, 4xCD, Comp, Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.

A 25th Anniversary Celebration

幾米：月亮忘記了

Classical Brit Awards

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Classical,

Classical/Musical

Brigitte Wellness - Schön Entspannt 2

2002, CD, Comp, Brigitte,

Soundtrack Favorites

2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Sony Records Int'l,

The Classic Score

The National Trust Music Collection

2001, 3xCD, Comp + Box, BMG

Music From The Films Of Michael Caine

2001, CD, Comp, New Digital Recordings, New Digital Recordings,

Soundtrack/Score/Theme

Image 2 Deux Emotional & Relaxing = イマージュ 2deux エモーショナル＆リラクシング

2001, CD, Album, Sony Records

Pure Meditation

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Milan,

Pure Meditation

2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Milan,

Score/Soundtrack

Sony Music Monthly Sampler - February 2001

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sony Music Entertainment (Taiwan), Sony Music

KuschelKlassik 6

Fox Music Publishing Sampler 2000

2000, CD, Promo, Smplr, Fox Music,

Kuschelklassik 5 / Musik Für Die Klassischen Momente

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music Media, Sony Music Media,

Classical/Romantic

Sony Music Neuheiten Januar 2000, Teil I

2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Sony Music Neuheiten

The Closer You Get, Music From The Original Soundtrack

Films Of The Century

The Best Music Of Miramax Films - 20th Anniversary Celebration

1999, CD, Comp, Promo, Sony Classical

Music From The Motion Picture The Other Sister

Film Music 1993 - 1994

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Sony Pictures,

The City Of Prague Philharmonic, Kenneth Alwyn

Cinema's Classic Romances

1998, HDCD, Album, Dol, Silva Classics

Astral Meditation

Soundtrack/Ambient/New Age

Pinocchio (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Joel McNeely, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar

1995, CD, Comp, MCA Soundtracks

Only You (Music From The Motion Picture)

Into The Movies

1993, CD, Comp, Indisc,

The Warner Bros. Film Scores Volume 1

2xCDr, Comp, Promo, Warner/Chappell,

Son Of Hollywood Records Goes Hollywood

2xCD, Comp, Promo, Hollywood Records

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar - Music From The Motion Picture

Soundtrack/House/Soul/Funk/Hip Hop

Astral Meditation