Riz Ortolani
Birthday
1926/03/25
Day of death
2014/01/23 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pesaro, Marche, Italy
Also know as
Riziero Ortolani, Roger Higgins, Ritz Ortolani
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(2008) Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
as Self
(2003) The Godfathers of Mondo
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(2007) Linee d'ombra
as Self
(2012) The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
as Himself
(2003) In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
as Himself
(1958) Music of Always
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