# Evan Call

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

Call was born in California, U.S., on June 29, 1988. 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. He joined the choir club when he entered high school. After graduating, Call enrolled at the Berklee College of Music, where he majored in film scoring.
After graduating from college, he debated if he should pursue a career in film music in Hollywood. In the end, he decided to move to Japan on a tourist visa to work in the anime and game industry. Three months after his arrival, he was introduced to Junpei Fujita, a music creator working at Elements Garden. 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. After his employment, Call was introduced to Yōta Tsuruoka, a sound director at Kyoto Animation. Alongside Tsuruoka, Call began composing the soundtracks for the anime series Tokyo ESP and Violet Evergarden. Call would continue to compose soundtracks for other anime series and films such as Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. In 2025, Call won a Tokyo Anime Award in the Sound/Performance category.
Call left Elements Garden on June 30, 2016, due to his contract expiring. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Japanese agency Miracle Bus [ja].

## Works
### Anime

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2013 | Symphogear G | With Junpei Fujita, Noriyasu Agematsu, and Hitoshi Fujima |
| 2014 | When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace | With Junpei Fujita and Haruki Mori |
| 2014 | Kamigami no Asobi | With Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima |
| 2014 | Tokyo ESP | |
| 2015 | Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD | With Daisuke Kikuta, Haruki Mori, and Tomohiro Kita |
| 2015 | Symphogear GX | With Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima |
| 2015 | Dance with Devils | With Junpei Fujita |
| 2016 | Schwarzesmarken | |
| 2016 | Big Order | |
| 2016 | Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue | With Junpei Fujita and Seima Iwahashi |
| 2017 | Chronos Ruler | |
| 2018 | Hakumei and Mikochi | |
| 2018 | Violet Evergarden | |
| 2019 | YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | With Keishi Yonao, Ryū Takami, and Ryū Kawamura |
| 2019 | Midnight Occult Civil Servants | |
| 2020 | Appare-Ranman! | |
| 2021 | Muv-Luv Alternative | |
| 2021 | The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window | |
| 2022 | Muv-Luv Alternative 2nd Season | |
| 2023 | My Happy Marriage | |
| 2023 | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| 2024 | Sengoku Youko | |
| 2025 | Dragonite and the Special Delivery | |
| 2025 | Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube | |
| 2025 | Necronomico no Cosmic Horror Show | |

### Anime films

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

### Video games

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2014 | Chaos Rings III | Arrangement with Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima |
| 2014 | Shining Resonance | With Junpei Fujita, Hitoshi Fujima, and Tomohiro Kita |
| 2015 | Chronos Ring | With Yoko Shimomura and Kenji Ito |

### Television dramas

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2017 | Star Concerto: Ore to Kimi no Idol Dō | |
| 2017 | Sayonara, Enari-kun | |
| 2017 | Keishichō Ikimono Gakari | With Audio Highs |
| 2018 | Holiday Love | With Masaru Yokoyama |
| 2018 | Daisy Luck | With Moe Hyuga |
| 2018 | Harassment Game | |
| 2018 | Iyo! Benkei | |
| 2019 | Keiji Zero | With Masaru Yokoyama |
| 2019 | Hotarugusa: Nana no Ken | |
| 2022 | The 13 Lords of the Shogun | Taiga drama |
| 2024 | Swallows | |

### Live-action films

| Year | Title | Ref. |
| 2019 | Until I Meet September's Love | |

### Television programs

| Year | Title |
| 2018 | Weekend Kansai |
| 2019 | NHK Special Dinosaur Superworld |
| 2020 | NHK Sunday/Saturday Sports |

### Other involvements

| Year | Title | Artist | Role(s) | Album |
| 2012 | "Avalon no Ōkan" | Nana Mizuki | Arrangements | Rockbound Neighbors |
| 2013 | "Neverending Dream" | Minori Chihara | Composition & arrangements | Neo Fantasia |
| 2014 | "Ai no Hi" | Ayahi Takagaki | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Aurora" | Tomoaki Maeno | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) |
| 2014 | "Tenka Muteki no Shinobi Michi" | Takuma TerashimaKenichi SuzumuraHiro ShimonoKohsuke Toriumi | Arrangements | Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) |
| 2014 | "Yasashisa no Tsubomi" | Faylan | Arrangements | Zero Hearts |
| 2014 | "Meisō Solitude" | Kato*Fuku | Arrangements, with Seima Iwahashi | With |
| 2015 | "Arigatō, Daisuki" | Minori Chihara | Arrangements | Innocent Age |
| 2015 | "Pirates of the Frontier" | Tatsuhisa SuzukiTomoaki MaenoTakuma Terashima | Arrangements | Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) |
| 2015 | "Saintly Territory" | Tomoaki Maeno | Arrangements | Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) |
| 2015 | "Seien Brave Heart" | Kenichi Suzumura | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) |
| 2015 | "Tenshi no Inori" | Shouta Aoi | Composition & arrangements | Unlimited |
| 2015 | "Alice to Toki no Yurikago" | Kato*Fuku | Composition & arrangements | Wonder Tale: Smile to Happiness to Fushigi na Hon |
| 2015 | "Tsunagareta Asa ni" | Kato*Fuku | Composition & arrangements | Wonder Tale: Smile to Happiness to Fushigi na Hon |
| 2016 | "Lovely Eyes" | Junichi SuwabeHidenori Takahashi | Arrangements | Non-album single (Uta no Prince-sama) |
| 2016 | "Give Me Your Heart: Mayoeru Kohitsuji" | Hiroshi KamiyaYoshimasa Hosoya | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single (Kamigami no Asobi InFinite) |
| 2017 | "Akane-iro ni Kakushite" | Ayane Sakura | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single (Seiren) |
| 2017 | "Muteki no Megami" | Shino Shimoji | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single (Seiren) |
| 2017 | "Koi no Theory" | Juri Kimura | Arrangements | Non-album single (Seiren) |
| 2018 | "Union!!" | 765 Million Allstars | Arrangements | Non-album single (The Idolmaster Million Live!) |
| 2018 | "Sincerely" | True | Arrangements, with Shōta Horie | Violet Evergarden: Automemories Violet Evergarden Vocal Album: Song Letters |
| 2018 | "The Songstress Aria" | True | Composition, arrangements & lyrics | Violet Evergarden: Automemories Violet Evergarden Vocal Album: Song Letters |
| 2018 | "Letter" | True | Arrangements | Violet Evergarden: Automemories Violet Evergarden Vocal Album: Song Letters |
| 2018 | "Believe in..." | Aira Yūki | Composition & arrangements | Violet Evergarden: Automemories Violet Evergarden Vocal Album: Song Letters |
| 2020 | "Will (Movie Version)" | True | Composition & arrangements | Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity |
| 2020 | "Mirai no Hito e (Movie Version)" | True | Arrangements | Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity |
| 2020 | "Michishirube (Movie Version)" | Minori Chihara | Arrangements | Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity |
| 2020 | "Dear Violet" | Yui Ishikawa | Composition & arrangements | Letters and Doll: Looking Back on the Memories of Violet Evergarden |
| 2020 | "Jōjō" | Nino | Composition & arrangements | Synapusyu Songs |
| 2021 | "Makka Akka Aki" | Kyogo Kawaguchi | Composition & arrangements | Synapusyu Songs 2 |
| 2021 | "Breakers" | Wataru Hatano | Composition & arrangements | Non-album single (The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window) |
| 2023 | "Anytime Anywhere" | Milet | Arrangements | Non-album single (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) |
| 2023 | "Bliss" | Milet | Composition & arrangements | "Anytime Anywhere" (single) |
| 2025 | "Paper Airplane" | Suis [ja] | Composition & lyrics | Non-album single (Dragonite and the Special Delivery) |