Riziero "Riz" Ortolani (born 4 September 1931 in Pesaro, Italy) is an Italian film score composer.

In the early 1950s Ortolani was founder and member of a jazz band of national Italian renown. His first score he wrote for Gualtiero Jacopetti's pseudo-documentary "Mondo cane" (1962), whose main title song "More" earned him a Grammy and also was nominated for an Oscar as Best Song. Another world famous track was his main title song for the movie "O' Cangaceiro" (1970).

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