Personal info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
5 / Mar / 1926 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Pesaro, Marche, Italy
Also Known As
- Riziero Ortolani
- Roger Higgins
- Ritz Ortolani
Riz Ortolani
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 infamous film Mondo Cane. It won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Academy Awards. The song was later covered ...
Known For
6.9
The Godfathers of Mondo
4 / Oct / 2003
6.8
Music of Always
5 / Jul / 1958
6.0
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
5 / Mar / 2008
0
Linee d'ombra
5 / Oct / 2007
0
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
1 / Jun / 2003