Riz ortolani - oh my love

Riz Ortolani was born in Pesaro Italy on  September 4th,1931.He began his career as a singer and moved on to doing arrangements for many of his fellow artists at the beginning of the 1950,s as the 1960,s approached the composer decided that he would concentrate all of his efforts into writing music for motion pictures. One of his first assignments was it turns out to be his most successful and certainly his most lucrative. The music for the documentary film MONDO CANE (world of dogs) which Ortolani co-wrote with Nino Olivero contained the song “MORE” which proved to be a popular piece, and enjoyed worldwide success. It has been confirmed that the song has been performed on no less than seven million occasions since it was originally recorded for the movie score. Ortolani has worked extensively scoring films and also television projects, he was highly successful in his native Italy and much in demand by film makers within the country. But Ortolani also gained a reputation for being a composer of worth and talent outside of Italy and Europe and is along with Ennio Morricone an

Riz Ortolani: A Farewell

Riz Ortolani at the 13th World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony

Another great has gone but his music legacy and heritage stays forever! Riz Ortolani was born on September 4, 1931 in Pesaro, Italy as Riziero Ortolani. In a career that spanned decades, Riz Ortolani, composed more than 300 scores and his most notables include Cannibal Holocaust, Il Sorpasso, The House On The Edge Of The Park, Castle of Blood. Ortolani received an Academy Award nomination and a Grammy for the song More from the 1962 documentary Mondo Cane and was honored with another Academy Award nomination for writing the title song for the 1970 western Madron. His most recent music was featured in Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2,  Django Unchained and Drive. Ortolani died in Rome this evening (January 23). He was 87.

Riz Ortolani with Alexandre Desplat during the Q&A at Ghent Film Festival

Feeling blessed that I’ve met him in person this October at Ghent Film Festival, where he was honored with The Lifetime Achievement Award  by the World Soundtrack Academy (World Sou

Riz Ortolani

Year Film Directed by Singles Latest CD / Digital Release 1961 Ursus in the Valley of the LionsCarlo Ludovico BragagliaDigitmovies / CDDM209 / 2012 1962 Mondo CanePaolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi, Gualtiero JacopettiCAM Sugar / 2021 Il SorpassoDino RisiMilan / 399 552-2 / 2014 Mediterranean HolidayHermann Leitner, Rudolf NussgruberAvanz Records / SP/CR-20049 / 2009 1963 The Fall of RomeAntonio MargheritiThe Virgin of NurembergAntonio MargheritiQuartet Records / QR231 / 2016 Three Ruthless OnesJoaquín Luis Romero MarchentBeat Records / CDCR148 / 2023 1964 Castle of BloodAntonio Margheriti, Sergio CorbucciDigitmovies / CDDM242 / 2014 Old ShatterhandHugo FregoneseBrandy (film)José Luis Borau, Mario CaianoThe 7th DawnLewis GilbertFilm Score Monthly / FSM BOX 03 / 2008 The Yellow Rolls-RoyceAnthony AsquithQuartet Records / SCE061 / 2013 The Naked HoursMarco VicarioCAM Sugar / Digital / 2022 1965 The Glory GuysArnold LavenF

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