Nick Ariondo Performs on Soundtrack of New Movie, “The Call of the Wild”
February 1st 2021
Rita Davidson Barnea


Accordionist Nick Ariondo performs on the soundtrack composed by John Powell of a new movie, “The Call of the Wild” [Harrison Ford/20th Century Fox]. The movie will be released on February 21, 2020 in movie theaters. The movie, starring Harrison Ford, is about a sled dog who struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Nicholas S. Ariondo (Nick Ariondo), accordionist/composer/arranger/pianist received his BA and MA Degrees in Music Performance & Composition at California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA. Nick Ariondo’s music accomplishments include:25 ASCAP Awards, onstage performances with opera legend Placid Domingo, studio session work at Capitol Records with Paul McCartney ,Double Grammy Award winner with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, performed on the Oscar-winning film ‘Life of Pi’, music by Michael Danna, a featured soloist with Oscar-winning conductor/composer Alexandre Desplat ‘The Shape of Water’ with the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra at Disney Hall, cameo on-screen performance in ‘Bridesmaids’ award-winning film, music by Mike Andrews, first American to receive Italy’s Ancona/Castelfidardo Prize for his chamber music, inclusion in the International Who’s Who in Music (14th Edition) Cambridge, England, 1990 Artists Fellowship Grant recipient: California Arts Council, composer/arranger of numerous works cataloged with ACCO-Music Publishing/ASCAP and is a Publisher member of BMI.
Nick’s diverse musical background includes classical to modern contemporary, jazz, gypsy and multi-ethnic world styles. As a session musician, his accordion is heard on many a soundtrack for film and television (composers John Powell, Randy Newman, Mychael & Jeff Danna, Danny Elfman, Joseph Trapanese, Chris Young, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri, Joel McNeely, Lyle Workman, etc.) .
As a composer/arranger, Ariondo’s arrangements of Russian folk songs were featured in Warren Beatty’s film “Love Affair”, music by Ennio Morricone (1994, Warner Bros.) As a concert artist, Nick performs his original compositions/arrangements with orchestras, chamber music ensembles, vocalists and in solo recitals throughout Southern California and abroad.
For further information: accomusic@nickariondo.com