 In 2005 he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of "Chevalier" (Knight) of the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival.To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit, including films such as "Slap the Monster on Page One" (1972), "The Perfume of the Lady in Black" (1974), "Flavia the Heretic" (1974), "Le Orme" (1975), "A Leap in the Dark" (1980) "The Night of the Shooting Stars" (1982), and "Kaos" (1984).