Riz 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 …
Known For
Il Sorpasso
Original Music Composer
Cannibal Holocaust
Original Music Composer
Paprika
Original Music Composer
Don't Torture a Duckling
Conductor
Christmas Present
Original Music Composer
Day of Anger
Original Music Composer
Castle of Blood
Original Music Composer
Giovanna's Father
Music
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Filmography
Acting (8)
Movies (8)
Erinnerungen an Lucio Fulci
2019as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017as Self
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
2012as Self
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008as Self
Linee d'ombra
2007as Self
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003as Himself
The Godfathers of Mondo
2003
Music of Always
1958Crew (207)
Movies (200)
Il figlio più piccolo
2010Music
A Second Childhood
2010Original Music Composer
Giovanna's Father
2008Music
A Dinner for Them to Meet
2007Original Music Composer
The Hideout
2007Original Music Composer
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
2005Music
The Second Wedding Night
2005Original Music Composer
Christmas Rematch
2004Music
Incantato
2003Original Music Composer
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003Original Music Composer
Knights Of The Quest
2001Music
Knights Of The Quest
2001Original Music Composer
Midsummer Night Dance
1999Original Music Composer
Grandes ocasiones
1998Music
The Best Man
1997Music
The Voyeur
1994Music
Magnificat
1993Original Music Composer
Brothers and Sisters
1992Original Music Composer
The Angel with the Gun
1992Original Music Composer
Paprika
1991Original Music Composer
In The Rose Garden
1990Original Music Composer
Killer Crocodile 2
1990Original Music Composer
A Season of Giants
1990Original Music Composer
The Dark Sun
1990Original Music Composer
Una fredda mattina di maggio
1990Original Music Composer
Killer Crocodile
1989Original Music Composer
Una casa a Roma
1989Original Music Composer
Massacre Play
1989Original Music Composer
The Story of Boys and Girls
1989Original Music Composer
Sposi
1988Original Music Composer
The Last Minute
1987Original Music Composer
Love & Passion
1987Original Music Composer
Brothers in Blood
1987Music
The Corruption
1986Music
The Inquiry
1986Original Music Composer
Christmas Present
1986Original Music Composer
Una domenica sì
1986Original Music Composer
Miranda
1985Music
Impiegati
1985Original Music Composer
Graduation Party
1985Original Music Composer
Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984Conductor
Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984Original Music Composer
Warriors of the Year 2072
1984Music
The Three of Us
1984Original Music Composer
Zeder
1983Original Music Composer
A School Trip
1983Original Music Composer
A Hole in the Windshield
1983Music
Holy Cow
1982Original Music Composer
Valentina
1982Original Music Composer
Più bello di così si muore
1982Original Music Composer
The Girl from Trieste
1982Music
I camionisti
1982Original Music Composer
Honey
1981Original Music Composer
Madhouse
1981Original Music Composer
Ghost of Love
1981Original Music Composer
Help Me Dream
1981Original Music Composer
Nobody's Perfect
1981Original Music Composer
Fear in the City
1981Original Music Composer
Cannibal Holocaust
1980Original Music Composer
The Warning
1980Original Music Composer
House on the Edge of the Park
1980Original Music Composer
Maria - Nur die Nacht war Zeuge
1980Original Music Composer
The Return of Casanova
1980Original Music Composer
Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora
1980Original Music Composer
Mimi
1979Original Music Composer
Gegè Bellavita
1979Original Music Composer
The Fifth Musketeer
1979Original Music Composer
Tigers in Lipstick
1979Original Music Composer
From Hell to Victory
1979Original Music Composer
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
1979Original Music Composer
The Burning Years
1979Original Music Composer
Il corpo della ragassa
1979Original Music Composer
Le braghe del padrone
1978Music
Cyclone
1978Music
Rings of Fear
1978Original Music Composer
First Love
1978Original Music Composer
Brutes and Savages
1978Original Music Composer
I Am Afraid
1977Original Music Composer
Sahara Cross
1977Original Music Composer
Double Murder
1977Conductor
Double Murder
1977Original Music Composer
Casanova & Co.
1977Original Music Composer
The Pyjama Girl Case
1977Original Music Composer
Death Steps in the Dark
1977Original Music Composer
Submission
1976Original Music Composer
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
1976Music
Holiday Hookers
1976Original Music Composer
Vieni, vieni amore mio
1975Music
Mondo candido
1975Original Music Composer
Blonde in Black Leather
1975Original Music Composer
How to Kill a Judge
1975Original Music Composer
Paolo Barca, Elementary School Teacher, Practically a Nudist
1975Music
To Love Ophelia
1974Original Music Composer
There Is No 13
1974Music
The Heroes
1973Original Music Composer
Counselor at Crime
1973Original Music Composer
Hospitals: The White Mafia
1973Original Music Composer
War Goddess
1973Original Music Composer
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
1973Original Music Composer
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973Original Music Composer
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
1973Original Music Composer
One Way
1973Original Music Composer
Dear Parents
1973Original Music Composer
Mafia Junction
1973Original Music Composer
One Russian Summer
1973Music
Teresa the Thief
1973Original Music Composer
The African Deal
1973Original Music Composer
The Valachi Papers
1972Original Music Composer
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972Conductor
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972Original Music Composer
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972Music
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972Conductor
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972Original Music Composer
The Dead Are Alive
1972Original Music Composer
Jus primae noctis
1972Original Music Composer
Shadows Unseen
1972Music
Girolimoni, the Monster of Rome
1972Original Music Composer
Where the Bullets Fly
1972Original Music Composer
Secret Fantasy
1971Original Music Composer
Goodbye Uncle Tom
1971Original Music Composer
The Hunting Party
1971Conductor
The Hunting Party
1971Music
The Statue
1971Original Music Composer
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971Original Music Composer
Do Not Commit Adultery
1971Original Music Composer
Web of the Spider
1971Original Music Composer
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971Music
With What Love, With How Much Love
1970Original Music Composer
The Unholy Four
1970Original Music Composer
Madron
1970Original Music Composer
The McKenzie Break
1970Music
Un caso di coscienza
1970Original Music Composer
Andrea Doria -74
1970Original Music Composer
A Girl Called Jules
1970Music
Disperatamente l'estate scorsa
1970Music
The Adventures of Gerard
1970Conductor
The Adventures of Gerard
1970Original Music Composer
The Lovemakers
1970Original Music Composer
The Dove Must Not Fly
1970Original Music Composer
The Ravine
1969Original Music Composer
One on Top of the Other
1969Original Music Composer
Night of the Serpent
1969Original Music Composer
So Sweet... So Perverse
1969Music
Salt in the Wound
1969Original Music Composer
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
1969Original Music Composer
La coppia
1969Original Music Composer
Bootleggers
1969Music
Viva Cangaceiro
1969Original Music Composer
The Fight for Rome
1968Original Music Composer
Emma Hamilton
1968Original Music Composer
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968Original Music Composer
Anzio
1968Original Music Composer
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968Original Music Composer
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968Conductor
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968Original Music Composer
Beyond the Law
1968Conductor
Beyond the Law
1968Original Music Composer
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968Original Music Composer
The Violent Four
1968Original Music Composer
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968Original Music Composer
Woman Times Seven
1967Conductor
Woman Times Seven
1967Original Music Composer
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967Original Music Composer
Day of Anger
1967Original Music Composer
Kill and Pray
1967Original Music Composer
Soldier's Girl
1967Original Music Composer
Tiffany Memorandum
1967Original Music Composer
Africa Blood and Guts
1966Original Music Composer
Lightning Bolt
1966Original Music Composer
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966Music
Make Love, Not War
1966Music
Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula
1966Music
The Glory Guys
1965Original Music Composer
Red Dragon
1965Original Music Composer
Con rispetto parlando
1965Music
Spy in Your Eye
1965Music
Spy in Your Eye
1965Original Music Composer
The Devil Also Cries
1965Original Music Composer
The Car That Became a Star
1965Music
The Pitiless Three
1964Original Music Composer
Old Shatterhand
1964Music
Castle of Blood
1964Original Music Composer
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964Conductor
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964Original Music Composer
Le ore nude
1964Compositor
The 7th Dawn
1964Music
Hour of Death
1964Music
Ride and Kill
1964Original Music Composer
Horror Castle
1963Original Music Composer
Women of the World
1963Original Music Composer
The Fall of Rome
1963Original Music Composer
Ecco
1963Original Music Composer
Mondo Cane
1962Music
Il Sorpasso
1962Original Music Composer
Mediterranean Holiday
1962Original Music Composer
Very Important Person
1961Original Music Composer
Ursus in the Valley of the Lions
1961Original Music Composer
Terrore sulla città
1957Music
Processo all'amore
1956Original Music Composer
Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
1955Music
Television (7)
Un matrimonio
2013Original Music Composer
Ama il tuo nemico
1999Original Music Composer
Christopher Columbus
1985Music
The Octopus
1984Original Music Composer
That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
1983Music
Ritratto di Donna Velata
1975Music
David Copperfield
1965Original Music Composer
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