Riz Ortolani

Composer

Born: March 25, 1926
Died: January 23, 2014 (age 87)
From: Pesaro, Marche, Italy

Riziero "Riz" Ortolani (25 March 1926 – 23 January 2014) was an Italian film composer. Ortolani scored over 300 films working mostly within the Italian genres of Mondo, Giallo, and the Spaghetti Western. Ortolani also scored many Hollywood films and has had some of his compositions reused in films like Drive and Django Unchained. Ortolani's most famous composition is More, which he wrote for the…

Filmography (8)

Erinnerungen an Lucio Fulci (2019)
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017)
Self
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti (2012)
Self
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008)
Self
Linee d'ombra (2007)
Self
The Godfathers of Mondo (2003)
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust (2003)
Himself
Music of Always (1958)