Rachel Portman Highlights

2002: Composed the score for "Hart's War"
2000: Penned the music for "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
2000: Wrote the underscore for the motion picture "Chocolat"; received Oscar nomination
2000: Wrote the jaunty themes for "The Closer You Get"; produced by her husband
1999: Composed the atmospheric and lyric score for "The Cider House Rule"; picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score
1998: Scored "Beloved"
1996: Provided the score for "Emma"; became first female to win an Oscar for composing a full musical score (as opposed to working on a song or song score)
1995: Scored Kidron's "Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"
1992: Reteamed with Kidron for the jazzy score to "Used People"
1991: Won acclaim for the music in "Where Angels Fear to Tread"
1990: Scored the TV-movies "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" and "Antonia and Jane", both directed by Beeban Kidron
1987: Contributed the score for episodes of the NBC drama series "The Storyteller"
1982: Composed first score for the TV-movie, "Experience Preferred ... But Not Essential"; released theatrically in the USA in 1983
1982: First feature score, "Privileged", directed by Michael Hoffman; first
Began music training as a child
Began composing music as a teenager

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