Evan Call

Evan Call
Born (1988-06-29) June 29, 1988 (age 36)
California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • arranger
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2012–present
Member ofMiracle Bus [ja] (2017–present)
Formerly ofElements Garden (2012–2016)

Evan Call (born June 29, 1988) is an American composer and arranger working in Japan. He has composed music for multiple anime series, such as Violet Evergarden, Muv-Luv Alternative and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. Call is affiliated with the Japanese agency Miracle Bus and was previously a member of the musical group Elements Garden.

Biography

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Evan Call was born in California, U.S., on June 29, 1988.[1] As a teenager, Call was diagnosed with occipital neuralgia and had to take a break from going to school. During that time, he learned to play bluegrass guitar from a local teacher. Call later made a friend in his hometown who taught him about Japanese anime and video games, which prompted him to start composing orchestral music.[2] He joined the choir club when he entered high school.[3] After graduating, Call enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, where he majored in film scoring.[3][4][5]

After graduating from college, he debated if he should pursue a career in film music in Hollywood.[6] In the end, he decided to move to Japan on a tourist visa to work in the anime and game industry.[6] Three months after his arrival, he was introduced to Junpei Fujita, a music creator working at Elements Garden.[3] After an interview with Fujita and a review of his music portfolio, Call joined Elements Garden. He began composing music in Japan in 2012, where he gained attention for his grand arrangements and impressive symphonic music.[6] After his employment, Call was introduced to Yōta Tsuruoka, a sound director at Kyoto Animation.[3] Alongside Tsuruoka, Call began composing the soundtracks for the anime series Tokyo ESP and Violet Evergarden.[7][8] Call would continue to compose soundtracks for other anime series and films such as Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.[9]

Call left Elements Garden on June 30, 2016, due to his contract expiring.[10] Since 2017, he has been a member of the Japanese agency Miracle Bus [ja].[4]

Works

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Anime

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2013 Symphogear G With Junpei Fujita, Noriyasu Agematsu, and Hitoshi Fujima [11]
2014 When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace With Junpei Fujita and Haruki Mori [4]
Kamigami no Asobi With Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima [12]
Tokyo ESP [7]
2015 Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD With Daisuke Kikuta, Haruki Mori, and Tomohiro Kita [13]
Symphogear GX With Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima [14][15]
Dance with Devils With Junpei Fujita [16]
2016 Schwarzesmarken [17]
Big Order [18]
Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue With Junpei Fujita and Seima Iwahashi [19]
2017 Chronos Ruler [20]
2018 Hakumei and Mikochi [21]
Violet Evergarden [8]
2019 YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World With Keishi Yonao, Ryū Takami, and Ryū Kawamura [22]
Midnight Occult Civil Servants [23]
2020 Appare-Ranman! [24]
2021 Muv-Luv Alternative [25]
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window [26]
2022 Muv-Luv Alternative 2nd Season [27]
2023 My Happy Marriage [28]
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End [29]
2024 Sengoku Youko [30]

Anime films

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2014 Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace With Noriyasu Agematsu, Junpei Fujita, and Hitoshi Fujima [31]
2016 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack With Seima Iwahashi [4]
2019 Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll [32]
2020 Violet Evergarden: The Movie [33]
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish [9]
2023 Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom [34]

Video games

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2014 Chaos Rings III Arrangement with Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima [35]
Shining Resonance With Junpei Fujita, Hitoshi Fujima, and Tomohiro Kita [36]
2015 Chronos Ring With Yoko Shimomura and Kenji Ito [37]

Television dramas

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2017 Star Concerto: Ore to Kimi no Idol Dō [4]
Sayonara, Enari-kun [4]
Keishichō Ikimono Gakari With Audio Highs [4]
2018 Holiday Love With Masaru Yokoyama [4]
Daisy Luck With Moe Hyuga [4]
Harassment Game [4]
Iyo! Benkei [4]
2019 Keiji Zero With Masaru Yokoyama [4]
Hotarugusa: Nana no Ken [4]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun [5]

Live-action films

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Year Title Ref.
2019 Until I Meet September's Love [4]

Television programs

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Year Title Ref.
2018 Weekend Kansai [4]
2019 NHK Special Dinosaur Superworld [4]
2020 NHK Sunday/Saturday Sports [4]

Other involvements

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Year Title Artist Role(s) Album Ref.
2012 "Avalon no Ōkan" Nana Mizuki Arrangements Rockbound Neighbors [6]
2013 "Neverending Dream" Minori Chihara Composition & arrangements Neo Fantasia [38]
2014 "Ai no Hi" Ayahi Takagaki Non-album single [4]
"AURORA" Tomoaki Maeno Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) [39]
"Tenka Muteki no Shinobi Michi" Takuma Terashima
Kenichi Suzumura
Hiro Shimono
Kohsuke Toriumi 		Arrangements [40]
"Yasashisa no Tsubomi" Faylan -Zero Hearts- [41]
"Meisō Solitude" Kato*Fuku Arrangements, with Seima Iwahashi With [42]
2015 "Arigatō, Daisuki" Minori Chihara Arrangements Innocent Age [6]
"Pirates of the Frontier" Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Tomoaki Maeno
Takuma Terashima 		Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) [43]
"Saintly Territory" Tomoaki Maeno [44]
"Seien Brave Heart" Kenichi Suzumura Composition & arrangements [44]
"Tenshi no Inori" Shouta Aoi Unlimited [45]
"Alice to Toki no Yurikago" Kato*Fuku Wonder Tale ~Smile to Happiness to Fushigi na Hon~ [46]
"Tsunagareta Asa ni" [46]
2016 "Lovely Eyes" Junichi Suwabe
Hidenori Takahashi 		Arrangements Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) [47]
"Give me your heart -Mayoeru Kohitsuji-" Hiroshi Kamiya
Yoshimasa Hosoya 		Composition & arrangements Non-album single (Kamigami no Asobi InFinite) [48]
2017 "Akane-iro ni Kakushite" Ayane Sakura Non-album single (Seiren) [4]
"Muteki no Megami" Shino Shimoji [4]
"Koi no Theory" Juri Kimura Arrangements [4]
2018 "UNION!!" 765 MILLION ALLSTARS Non-album single (The Idolmaster Million Live!) [49]
"Sincerely" TRUE Arrangements, with Shōta Horie Violet Evergarden: Automemories
Violet Evergarden Vocal Album: Song letters 		[50]
"The Songstress Aria" Composition, arrangements & lyrics [50]
"Letter" Arrangements [50]
"Believe in..." Aira Yūki Composition & arrangements [50]
2020 "Will ~Movie Version~" TRUE Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity [51]
"Mirai no Hito e ~Movie Version~" Arrangements [51]
"Michishirube ~Movie Version~" Minori Chihara [51]
"Dear Violet" Yui Ishikawa Composition & arrangements Letters and Doll ~Looking back on the memories of Violet Evergarden~ [4]
"Jōjō" NINO Synapusyu Songs [4]
2021 "Makka Akka Aki" Kyogo Kawaguchi Synapusyu Songs 2 [4]
"Breakers" Wataru Hatano Non-album single (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) [52]

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