Portman, Rachel 1960–

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PORTMAN, Rachel 1960–

PERSONAL

Full name, Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman; born December 11, 1960, in Haslemere, England; daughter of Berkeley Charles and Penelope (maiden name, Mowat) Portman; married Count Uberto Pasolini Dall'Onda (a producer), February 25, 1995; children: Anna Gwendolen, Giulia Ginevra, Niky Joan. Education: Worcester College, Oxford, B.A.

Addresses: Agent— Kraft–Engel Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Career: Composer and orchestrator.

Awards, Honors: Named composer of the year, British Film Institute, 1988; Schneider Trophy, theme music of the year, Tric Celebrity Awards, 1989, for Precious Bane; Television Award nominations, best original television music, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1990, for The Woman in Black, and 1991, for Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best original score, 1994, for Sirens; Carlton TV Rank Films Labs creative originality award, Women in Film, 1996; international prize for film and media music, 1997; Academy Award, best original musical or comedy score, 1997, for Emma; Annie Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement for music in an animated feature production (with Don Black), International Animated Film Society, 1997, for the song "As Long As There's Christmas," Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best motion picture score, International Press Academy, 1999, for Beloved; Georges Delerue Prize, Flanders International Film Festival, 1999, for Ratcatcher; Phoenix Film Critics Society Award and Golden Satellite Award nomination, both best original score, 2000, for The Legend of Bagger Vance; Muse Award, New York Women in Film and Television, 2000; Academy Award nomination and Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, both best original score, 2000, for The Cider House Rules; Grammy Award nomination, best score soundtrack album for a motion picture, television, or other visual media, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2001, for The Cider House Rules; Academy Award nomination, best original score, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best original score for a motion picture, both 2001, for Chocolat; World Soundtrack Award nomination, soundtrack composer of the year, 2001, for Chocolat and The Legend of Bagger Vance; Touchstone Award, Women in Music, 2001; Grammy Award nomination, best score soundtrack album for a motion picture, television, or other visual media, 2002, for Chocolat.

CREDITS

Film Work; Orchestrator:

Where Angels Fear to Tread, Fine Line, 1991.

Used People, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

Benny & Joon, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993.

The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994.

The War of the Buttons (also known as La guerre des boutons, ca recommence ), Warner Bros., 1994.

Only You (also known as Him and Just in Time ), TriStar, 1994.

Sirens, Miramax, 1994.

The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Universal, 1995.

A Pyromaniac's Love Story (also known as Burning Love ), Buena Vista, 1995.

Smoke (also known as Smoke—Raucher unter sich ), Miramax, 1995.

Emma, Miramax, 1996.

Marvin's Room, Miramax, 1996.

Palookaville, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996.

Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn ), Miramax, 1997.

(And song performer, "Uhuru") Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998.

The Other Sister, Buena Vista, 1999.

(And score producer) The Cider House Rules, Miramax, 1999.

Ratcatcher, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000.

The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks, 2000.

(And score producer) Chocolat, Miramax, 2000.

The Emperor's New Clothes (also known as I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore ), Paramount, 2002.

(And score producer) The Truth about Charlie, Universal, 2002.

Film Work; Other:

Music director, Privileged, New Yorker, 1982.

Music arranger, "Tannhauser," Meeting Venus, Warner Bros., 1991.

Score producer, The Adventures of Pinocchio (also known as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Pinocchio, and Die Legende von Pinocchio ), New Line Cinema, 1996.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Performer and composer, Benny & Joon, Milan Records, 1993.

Orchestrator, Only You, Sony, 1994.

Performer, Smoke, Hollywood Records, 1995.

Performer and producer, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!, MCA, 1995.

Orchestrator and producer, Emma, Hollywood Records, 1996.

Orchestrator and composer, Addicted to Love, TVT, 1997.

Performer, orchestrator, and producer, The Other Sister, Hollywood Records, 1999.

Performer, Out at the Movies, Varese Records, 1999.

Orchestrator, Pure Meditation, Milan Records, 2001.

Orchestrator and producer, The Truth about Charlie, Sony, 2002.

Performer, Hart's War, Universal, 2002.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

Privileged, New Yorker, 1982.

Experience Preferred ... but Not Essential (also known as First Love; originally broadcast in England as a television movie), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1982.

Last Day of Summer, 1984.

Sharma and Beyond, Cinecom International, 1986.

90 Degrees South, 1987.

High Hopes, Skouras, 1988.

Life Is Sweet, October Films, 1990.

Antonia and Jane, 1991.

Where Angels Fear to Tread, Fine Line, 1991.

(And song "Where Are the Words?") Used People, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.

Rebecca's Daughters, 1992.

The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993.

Friends, First Run Features, 1993.

Ethan Frome, Miramax, 1993.

Benny & Joon, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

The War of the Buttons (also known as La guerre des boutons, ca recommence ), Warner Bros., 1994.

Only You (also known as Him and Just in Time ), TriStar, 1994.

Sirens, Miramax, 1994.

The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Universal, 1995.

A Pyromaniac's Love Story (also known as Burning Love ), Buena Vista, 1995.

Smoke (also known as Smoke—Raucher unter sich ), Miramax, 1995.

The Adventures of Pinocchio (also known as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Pinocchio, and Die Legende von Pinocchio ), New Line Cinema, 1996.

Emma, Miramax, 1996.

Palookaville, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1996.

Marvin's Room, Miramax, 1996.

(And songs, including "As Long As There's Christmas, " with Don Black) Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (also known as Beauty and the Beast 2 ), Walt Disney Home Video, 1997.

Addicted to Love (also known as Forlorn ), Miramax, 1997.

Home Fries, Warner Bros., 1998.

(And songs "Little Rice, Little Bean" and "Sethe's Lullaby") Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998.

The Other Sister, Buena Vista, 1999.

The Cider House Rules, Miramax, 1999.

Ratcatcher, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000.

The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks, 2000.

The Closer You Get (also known as American Women ), Fox Searchlight, 2000.

Chocolat, Miramax, 2000.

The Emperor's New Clothes (also known as I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore ), Paramount, 2002.

Hart's War, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2002.

(Including song "Charade d'amour") The Truth about Charlie, Universal, 2002.

Nicholas Nickleby, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2002.

The Human Stain, Miramax, 2003.

Mona Lisa Smile, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003.

Television Music; Miniseries:

A Little Princess, PBS, 1987.

The Storyteller (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller ), 1987.

Young Charlie Chaplin, PBS, 1989.

The Storyteller: Greek Myths (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths ), HBO, 1990.

Television Music; Movies:

Reflections, Channel 4 (England), 1984.

Four Days in July, BBC (England), 1984.

Good As Gold, BBC, 1986.

The Short and Curlies, Channel 4, 1987.

1914 All Out, YTV (England), 1987.

The Falklands War: The Untold Story, YTV, 1987.

Sometime in August, BBC, 1988.

Loving Hazel, BBC, 1988.

Monster Maker, 1989.

Living with Dinosaurs, 1989.

Precious Bane, PBS, 1989.

The Widowmaker, 1990.

Shoot to Kill, YTV, 1990.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Arts and Entertainment, 1990.

The Woman in Black, Arts and Entertainment, 1991.

Flea Bites, BBC, 1991.

The Cloning of Joanna May, Arts and Entertainment, 1991.

Great Moments in Aviation (also known as Shades of Fear ), 1993.

Television Music; Specials:

Fearnot, NBC, 1987.

Hans My Hedgehog, NBC, 1987.

A Story Short, NBC, 1988.

The Luck Child, NBC, 1988.

Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen, PBS, 1992.

The Hollywood Soundtrack Story, AMC, 1995.

Television Music; Other:

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade, BBC Wales, 1991.

Also composer for Cariani and the Courtesans, BBC (England); Charlie the Kid, Thames (England); Nice Work, BBC; Think of England, BBC; and Twice through the Heart, BBC.