Rachel Portman
{
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born 11 December 1960) 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 (1999) and Chocolat (2000). She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2010, and is an honorary member of Worcester College, Oxford. 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."
{
- Tipping Points: I. Invocation - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Tipping Points: II. Air - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Tipping Points: III. Water - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Tipping Points: IV. Fire - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Tipping Points: V. Earth - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Tipping Points: VI. Epilogue - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Leaves and Trees - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- Flight - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The Little Prince: On My Planet (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra by James Welland) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Spring: I. Ice Melting into Joyful Spring (After Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 8, RV 269, I. Allegro, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Spring: II. Shepherd's Wildest Dreams (After Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 8, RV 269, II. Largo, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Spring: III. Dances with Nymphs (After Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 8, RV 269, III. Danza pastorale, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Summer: I. Heat and Raving (After Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 8, RV 315, I. Allegro non molto, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Summer: II. Mosquitos and Flies (After Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 8, RV 315, II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Summer: III. Summer Thunderstorms (After Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 8, RV 315, III. Presto, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Autumn: I. Harvest Dance and too much Wine (After Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 8, RV 293, I. Allegro, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Autumn: II. Sweet Sleep (After Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 8, RV 293, II. Adagio molto, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Autumn: III. The Hunt (After Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 8, RV 293, III. Allegro 'Caccia', Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Winter: I. Freezing and Shivering (After Violin Concerto No. 4, Op. 8, RV 297, I. Allegro non molto, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Winter: II. Cozy Fireplace and Rain Outside (After Violin Concerto No. 4, Op. 8, RV 297, II. Largo, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
- The New Four Seasons - Winter: III. Slipping and Falling (After Violin Concerto No. 4, Op. 8, RV 297, III. Allegro, Arr. by Wolf Kerschek) - Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons - Rachel Portman
Similar Artists