Riziero Ortolani was born in Pesaro, Italy, on March 25th 1926. He was founder and member of a well-known Italian jazz band in the 1950s. He wrote his first score for Paolo Cavara and Gualtiero Jacopetti's pseudo-documentary "Mondo Cane", whose main title-song "More" earned him a Grammy, and was also nominated for an Oscar as Best Song.
The success of the soundtrack of that film led Ortolani to score more films in England and the United States, such as "The 7th Dawn" (1964), "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964), "The Glory Guys" (1965) and "The Spy with a Cold Nose" (1966). Another renowned track was his title piece for the movie "O Cangaceiro" in 1970.
He scored various parts in over 200 films, including German westerns like "Apache's Last Battle" (Old Shatterhand, 1964), and a long series of Italian 'giallos', spaghetti westerns, 'Eurospy' films, 'Exploitation' films and 'mondo' films. The more notable films scored by him included "Il Sorpasso" (1962), "Io ho paura" (1977), "Castle of Blood" (1964), "Anzio" (1968), "The Bliss of Mrs Blossom" (1968), and "Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso" (1972).
Also, "Africa Addio" (1966), "Addio Zio Tom" (1971), "House on the Edge of the Park" (1980), "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980), and the first series of "La Piovra" (1984). More recent scores were featured in "Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969" (1999), "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003), "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" (2004), "Drive" (2011) and "Django Unchained" (2012). Riz Ortolani died on January 23rd 2014 in Rome, aged 87.
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Riziero Ortolani was born in Pesaro, Italy, on March 25th 1926. He was founder and member of a well-known Italian jazz band in the 1950s. He wrote his first score for Paolo Cavara and Gualtiero Jacopetti's pseudo-documentary "Mondo Cane", whose main title-song "More" earned him a Grammy, and was also nominated for an Oscar as Best Song.
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The success of the soundtrack of that film led Ortolani to score more films in England and the United States, such as "The 7th Dawn" (1964), "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964), "The Glory Guys" (1965) and "The Spy with a Cold Nose" (1966). Another renowned track was his title piece for the movie "O Cangaceiro" in 1970.
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He scored various parts in over 200 films, including German westerns like "Apache's Last Battle" (Old Shatterhand, 1964), and a long series of Italian 'giallos', spaghetti westerns, 'Eurospy' films, 'Exploitation' films and 'mondo' films. The more notable films scored by him included "Il Sorpasso" (1962), "Io ho paura" (1977), "Castle of Blood" (1964), "Anzio" (1968), "The Bliss of Mrs Blossom" (1968), and "Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso" (1972).
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Also, "Africa Addio" (1966), "Addio Zio Tom" (1971), "House on the Edge of the Park" (1980), "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980), and the first series of "La Piovra" (1984). More recent scores were featured in "Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969" (1999), "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003), "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" (2004), "Drive" (2011) and "Django Unchained" (2012). Riz Ortolani died on January 23rd 2014 in Rome, aged 87.
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