Riz Ortolani

Riz Ortolani (Riziero Ortolani, Pesaro 1926, Rome 2014) was an Italian composer who scored more than two hundred films and television programmes between 1955 and 2014. He studied at the Conservatorio Rossini in his home town, first violin and then flute, and in 1948 moved to Rome, where he worked with the RAI orchestra.