1994 – Two nominations for the US CableAce Award for Abraham and Jacob

1995 – US CableAce Award for Joseph

1997 – Appointed by Pope John Paul II “Academic Virtuoso Distinguished Professor of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature of the Virtuosi al Pantheon”

1998 – “Soundtrack Award 1998” of the Performing Arts for the music of the TV Bible series

2002 – “Soundtrack Award 2002” of the Performing Arts for the music of the film St. John in the Apocalypse

2005 – International Prize for Culture “Giuseppe Verdi,” together with Maestro Claudio Abbado

2006 – National Award Fabriano for Performing Artists 

2006 – Award Giulia Ammannati – Great Masters of Cinema

2007 – Certificate of Merit and Gold Medal from the Dante Alighieri Association for the promotion and dissemination of Italian culture in the world for the project and music of The Divine Comedy

2008 – International Awards - Santa Caterina – City of Siena and also the City of Ostia

2008 – Prize Dante Alighieri of the Pontifical Urban University in Rome for the opera The Divine Comedy

2009 – International Prizes - Charles of Anjou and also Boniface VIII

2011 – Award Sicanorum Cantica of the Coro Lirico Siciliano 

2011 – International Award for Dialogue between peoples and cultures by “S. Francis and Clare of Assisi”

2012 – Received the honor “Veritas in Charitate” from the International Catholic Association “Tu es Petrus” for excelling in a special way in duty, loyalty, obedience and devotion to the Holy See and the Catholic Church

2012 - Appointed Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

2015 - Awarded the Anassilaos Prize for Cooperation and Solidarity of Peoples in Reggio Calabria

2016 - Recipient of award from "Premio Roma è… Arte" - he was one of a select groups of dance companies and personalities from the entertainment world, who by their life experience in their fields, have embarked on a new journey of conversion, or rekindled and expanded faith and closeness to God and the Church