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.
Evan Call | |
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| Born | June 29, 1988 California, U.S. |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Member of | Miracle Bus (2017–present) |
| Formerly of | Elements Garden (2012–2016) |
Biography
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 the guitar and took lessons about bluegrass music 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, he joined Elements Garden and 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.[4]
Works
Anime
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Until I Meet September's Love | [4] |
Television programs
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Weekend Kansai | [4] |
| 2019 | NHK Special Dinosaur Superworld | [4] |
| 2020 | NHK Sunday/Saturday Sports | [4] |
Other involvements
| 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] |
References
External links
- Official Miracle Bus profile (in Japanese)
- Evan Call at VGMdb
- Evan Call at IMDb
- Evan Call at Anime News Network's encyclopedia