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Riziero " Riz" Ortolani (; 25 March 192623 January 2014) was an Italian , , and , predominantly of . He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty years.

Internationally, he is best known for his scores, notably his music for , , , and Spaghetti Western films. His most famous composition is "More," which he wrote for the infamous film . 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 by , , , , and others.

Ortolani received many other accolades, including four David di Donatello Awards, three Nastro d'Argento Awards, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, he received a Lifetime Achievement from the World Soundtrack Academy.

Early life
Ortolani was born on 25 March 1926 in , Italy. He was the youngest of six children. Ortolani's father, a postal worker, gave his son a violin at age 4. Ortolani later switched to flute after injuring his elbow in a car accident. He studied at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" in his hometown of Pesaro before moving to in 1948 and finding work with the orchestra. Though the chronology is unclear, he also likely served as a musician in the Italian Air Force orchestra, formed a Jazz ensemble, and came to the United States as a Jazz musician in Hollywood, all before scoring his first film.

Ortolani married in 1956.

Career
In the early 1950s, Ortolani was founder and member of a well-known Italian jazz band. One of his early film scores was for and Gualtiero Jacopetti's 1962 pseudo-documentary , whose main title-song More earned him a and was also nominated for an as Best Song. The success of the soundtrack of Mondo Cane led Ortolani to score films in England and the United States such as The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966), The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) and Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968). He also scored the 1972 film The Valachi Papers, directed by Terence Young and starring .

Ortolani scored all or parts of over 200 films, including German westerns like Old Shatterhand (1964) and a long series of Italian , Spaghetti Westerns, , Exploitation films and . These include (1962), Castle of Blood (1964), (1966), Day of Anger (1967), Anzio (1968), The McKenzie Break (1970), Say Hello to Yesterday (1970) The Hunting Party (1971), A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972), Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), From Hell to Victory (1979), the controversial films Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and The House on the Edge of the Park (1980), and the first series of (1984). In later years he scored many films for Italian director .

His music was used on soundtracks for (1999), (2003), (2004), Euphoria (2019) Drive (2011) and (2012).

In 2013, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy.

Death
Ortolani died on 23 January 2014 in Rome, aged 87.

Selected filmography
1961Ursus in the Valley of the LionsCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia Digitmovies / CDDM209 / 2012
1962, , Gualtiero Jacopetti CAM Sugar / 2021
Milan / 399 552-2 / 2014
Flying Clipper, Rudolf Nussgruber Avanz Records / SP/CR-20049 / 2009
1963The Fall of RomeAntonio Margheriti
The Virgin of NurembergAntonio Margheriti Quartet Records / QR231 / 2016
Three Ruthless OnesJoaquín Luis Romero Marchent Beat Records / CDCR148 / 2023
1964Castle of BloodAntonio Margheriti, Digitmovies / CDDM242 / 2014
Old Shatterhand
Brandy José Luis Borau,
The 7th Dawn Film Score Monthly / FSM BOX 03 / 2008
The Yellow Rolls-Royce Quartet Records / SCE061 / 2013
The Naked Hours CAM Sugar / Digital / 2022
1965The Glory Guys Film Score Monthly / FSM BOX 03 / 2008
Red Dragon
Berlin, Appointment for the Spies Saimel Bandas Sonoras / 3998911 / 2009
1966Gualtiero Jacopetti, Melody / ARG 196: Africa Addio / Cape TownMaster Classics Records / 2011
Lightning BoltAntonio Margheriti
MayaJohn Berry
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Make Love, Not WarFranco RossiCAM / AMP 13: Non Faccio La Guerra, Faccio L'Amore (3:50) / Don Getulio (2:21)Digitmovies / DGST044 / 2019
1967 Beat Records / CDCR148 / 2023
Woman Times SevenVittorio De Sica Quartet Records / SCE061 / 2013
Tiffany Memorandum Beat Records / CFS007 / 2023
The Chastity BeltPasquale Festa CampanileCAM / AMP 30: Le Notti Di Tobia / Tema D'AmoreDigitmovies / CDDM275 / 2014
Day of Anger GDM / GDM 2076 / 2006
1968The Biggest Bundle of Them All Chapter III Records / CH 37503-2 / 2001
Sardinia KidnappedGianfranco Mingozzi GDM / GDM 4313 / 2013
Bandits in Milan
Beyond the Law GDM / GDM 2085 / 2007
Anzio,
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No GDM / GDM 4340 / 2014
The Bliss of Mrs. BlossomJoseph McGrath
Emma Hamilton GDM / CD CLUB 7077 / 2010
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Dead Men Don't CountRafael Romero Marchent
The Last Roman, Sergiu Nicolaescu/ (2nd unit)
1969One on Top of the Other Beat Records Company / CDCR 134 / 2017
So Sweet... So Perverse Quartet Records / QR481 / 2022
Night of the Serpent Digitmovies / CDDM145 / 2009
Beat Records / CDCR148 / 2023
1970Andrea Doria-74 Quartet Records / QR385 / 2019
The Unholy Four
InvasionYves Allégret Quartet Records / QR443 / 2021
A Girl Called Jules GDM / GDM 4340 / 2014
Un caso di coscienzaGiovanni Grimaldi CF Soundtracks / CFS003 / 2019
The Adventures of GerardJerzy Skolimowski
Say Hello to Yesterday
The McKenzie Break
Madron
The LovemakersGiovanni Grimaldi Digitmovies / CDDM266 / 2014
1971Confessions of a Police Captain Quartet Records / QR566 / 2025
The Hunting Party
Web of the SpiderAntonio Margheriti Quartet Records / QR467 / 2021
Goodbye Uncle TomGualtiero Jacopetti, RCA / SS-2160: Oh My Love (2:48) / Addio Zio Tom (2:32)Quartet Records / QR564 / 2024
Pasquale Festa CampanileCAM / AMP 93: Il Merlo Maschio (2:08) / Fotografie (3:06)Digitmovies / CDDM266 / 2014
The Statue Quartet Records / QR205 / 2015
1972Do Not Commit Adultery CF Soundtracks / CFS003 / 2019
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
The Dead Are Alive Digitmovies / CDDM250 / 2014
The Assassin of Rome
Don't Torture a Duckling Beat Records / CDCR 134 / 2017
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die Digitmovies / CDDM293 / 2018
The Valachi PapersTerence Young
Brother Sun, Sister MoonFranco Zeffirelli
1973One Russian Summer
Enrico Maria Salerno GDM / CD CLUB 7077 / 2010
Seven Deaths in the Cat's EyeAntonio Margheriti
Massimo DallamanoCAM / AMP 116: L'Intoccabile Mr. Cliff (3:26) / Love Break (1:55)Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 024 / 2018
CAM / AMP 114: Mafia Bianca (2:55) / Joe 5 (2:41)GDM / GDM 4313 / 2013
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
Counselor at CrimeAlberto de Martino Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 009 / 2011
ContactCAM / AMP 123: Contact (2:26) / Fei Nye Mi (4:40)Quartet Records / QR240 / 2016
One Way Beat Records / BCM 9515 / 2012
Teresa the ThiefCarlo Di Palma
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Terence YoungCineDisc / M-19: Una Ragione Per Vivre (3:38) / La Battaglia Delle Amazzoni (3:09)Quartet Records / QRSCE029 / 2011
1974There Is No 13CAM / AMP 142: There Is No 13 (3:08) / 13th Floor (2:14)
1975How to Kill a Judge
Gualtiero Jacopetti, Seven Seas / FM-1087: Un Amore Cosi Tenero (3:05) / Mondo Candido (2:46)Dagored / Red 113-2 / 2000
Paolo Barca, Schoolteacher and Weekend Nudist CAM / Digital / 2025
Portrait of a Veiled Woman Beat Records / BCM 9579 / 2017
1976SubmissionSalvatore Samperi
1977Death Steps in the DarkMaurizio Pradeaux
Casanova & Co. as
I Am Afraid
The Pyjama Girl Case Quartet Records / QR155 / 2014
Cinevox Records / CDOSTPK049 / 2025
1978Red Rings of Fear
First Love
Gegè BellavitaPasquale Festa Campanile Digitmovies / DGST046 / 2019
CycloneRené Cardona Jr.
Brutes and SavagesArthur Davis Quartet Records / QR527 / 2023
1979Tigers in Lipstick
The Fifth Musketeer Quartet Records / QR268 / 2017
Neapolitan Mystery
MimiFlorestano Vancini Digitmovies / DGST048 / 2019
From Hell to Victory Beat Records / CDCR 118 / 2012
1980Cannibal Holocaust Beat Records / DDJ 047 / 2019
House on the Edge of the Park Beat Records Company / BCM 9586 / 2020
1981Madhouse
Help Me DreamOvidio G. Assonitis
Fantasma d'amoreWEA / PROMO 129: Phantom Of Love (2:38) / Unforgettable Love (3:16)Quartet Records / QR241 / 2016
Nessuno è perfettoPasquale Festa Campanileaka Nobody's PerfectBeat Records / DDJ059 / 2023
1982Pasquale Festa Campanile Beat Records / CDCR064 / 2025
The Girl from TriestePasquale Festa Campanile Beat Records / CDCR145 / 2021
Valentina, Crónica del Alba (part 1)Antonio José Betancor Quartet Records / QR239 / 2016
1983 GDM / 4334 / 2021
1919, Crónica del AlbaAntonio José Betancor Quartet Records / QR239 / 2016
1984Warriors of the Year 2072 Beat Records Company / BCM 9586 / 2020
Tuareg – The Desert WarriorEnzo G. Castellari GDM / 4336 / 2014
A Proper ScandalPasquale Festa Campanile Cinevox / CD OST-PK 037 / 2018
1985Miranda
1986The Inquiry Digitmovies / CDDM279 / 2016
1987Capriccio
The Last Minute
1989Fabrizio De Angelis Kronos Records / KRONCD020 / 2013
1990The Dark Sun Beat Records / BCM9614 / 2023
1991Paprika
1992Angel with a Gun Beat Records / BCM9614 / 2023
1993Magnificat GDM / GDM 4338 / 2014
1994The Voyeur
Nefertiti, figlia del sole
1999Midsummer Night's Dance
2007The Hideout
2010A Second Childhood

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