lyric, as with his Love Affair, had been written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Morricone's acceptance speech was in his native Italian tongue and was interpreted by Clint Eastwood. American Film Institute In 2005 four film scores by Ennio Morricone were nominated by the American Film Institute for an honoured place in the AFI's Top 25 of Best American Film Scores of All Time. His score for The Mission was ranked 23rd in the Top 25 list. Golden Globe 9 Nominations, 3 Wins. Globo d'oro (Italian Golden Globes) Grammy Awards Morricone was nominated seven times for a Grammy Award. In 2009 The Recording Academy inducted his score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) ASCAP Awards BAFTA Awards British Academy Awards: 6 Wins. César Awards David di Donatello European Film Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Selected other awards 1967: Diapason d'Or 1969: Premio Spoleto Cinema 1972: Cork Film International for La califfa 1979: Premio Vittorio de Sica 1981: Premio della critica discografica for Il prato 1984: Premio Zurlini 1986: Premio Vittorio de Sica 1988: Ninth Annual Ace Winner for Il Giorno prima 1989: Pardo d'Oro alla carriera Locarno Film Festival 1990: Prix Fondation Sacem del XLIII Cannes Film Festival for Nuovo Cinema Paradiso 1992: Pentagramma d'oro 1992: Premio Michelangelo 1992: Grolla d'oro, alla carriera (Saint Vincent) 1993: Efebo d'Argento for Jonas che visse nella balena 1993: Gran Premio SACEM audiovisivi 1994: ASCAP Golden Soundtrack Award (Los Angeles) 1994: 7 d'Or, "Best Music" for La piovra, 1995: Premio Rota 1995: Golden Lion Honorary Award by the Venice Film Festival 1996: Premio città di Roma 1996: Premio Cappelli 1996: Premio Accademia di Santa Cecilia 1997: Premio Flaiano 1998: Columbus Prize 1999: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Internationaler Preis für Film 2000: Honorary Degree by the University of Cagliari 2001: Mikeldi de Honor at "Zinebi – International Festival of Documentary and Short Films" of Bilbao 2002: Honorary Degree by the "Seconda Università" of Rome 2003: Golden Eagle Award by the Russian National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia for 72 Meters (film) 2003: Honorary Senator of the Filmscoring Class of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München 2006: Grand Officer OMRI, nominated by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2007: The Film & TV Music Award for Lifetime Achievement 2008: Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit, Chile's highest award for