Rachel Portman (born December 11, 1960 in Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award (for Emma in 1996), and went on to be nominated for the critically acclaimed The Cider House Rules in 1999 and Chocolat in 2000. For television, she composed the score for all thirteen episodes of Jim Henson's The Storyteller, and two episodes of The Jim Henson Hour ("Monster Maker" and "Living with Dinosaurs"). Portman recently composed most of the score for the 2006 film The Lake House. December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Haslemere is a town in Surrey in southern England, with a population of nearly 14,000. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The following is a list of female film score composers. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Emma is a 1996 movie based on Jane Austens novel and stars Gwyneth Paltrow & Alan Cumming. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Cider House Rules book cover This article relates to the novel, The Cider House Rules by John Irving. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Chocolat is a 2000 movie based on the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. ... The Storyteller is a live-action/puppet television series. ... The Jim Henson Hour was a television show that aired on NBC in 1989. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lake House is a 2006 romantic drama film remake of the Korean motion picture Il Mare (2000). ...

Portman was educated at Charterhouse School and Worcester College at Oxford University. Charterhouse School (Originally, Suttons Hospital in Charterhouse), usually known simply as Charterhouse, is a famous boys English public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. ... Worcester College has been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century, even though the current college was founded only in the eighteenth century. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Her other works include a children's opera, The Little Prince (which was later adapted for television), and an unused score written for the film Dangerous Beauty. Joseph McManners as The Little Prince The Little Prince, subtitled A Magical Opera, is an opera in two acts by Rachel Portman to an English libretto by Nicholas Wright, based on the 1943 book of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. ... Dangerous Beauty (1998) is a biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz. ...

She has been commissioned to write a piece of choral music for the BBC Proms series in August 2007^[1].

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References

1. ^ BBC News - "Proms go to the movies"

External links

• Rachel Portman at the Internet Movie Database
• Rachel Portman at Chester Novello