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Frieren is an experience at slow speed. Its appeal is mostly in spending time to notice and value what is happening right now. All things considered, this is a highly emotive anime, much enhanced by Evan's superbly written background music. While guitar, piano, and wind instrument friends provide a little refreshment and emotion to the pieces, the instruments used—the rebec, the viol, and the medieval fiddle—give the music the matching aura that belongs in a medieval adventure.
With his work, Evan has exactly turned viewing an anime into a whole experience—a good Soundtrack can do. Though all of the projects Evan has worked on have an emotional quality, ultimately the soundtrack gives the last touch that causes tears. Originally published in April, the Frieren soundtrack debuted at #4 on the Japan Billboard Top 10 downloaded albums chart. It has lasted six straight weeks in the top 100 since then.
Though seeing a Westerner's name in the credits of an anime series is exceedingly rare, because to experts like Evan, talent outside of Japan has been more welcomed in anime production in recent years, like Henry Thurlow, the first American director of One Piece. After graduating from Berklee College, Evan traveled to Japan in search of a job in music with a soul full of hope. Currently signed with Miracle Bus Corporation, a music management business handling TV shows, movies, and anime, is
about Reddit, Evan gave an AMA (Ask Me Anything) where he shared specifics about his workflow, influences, tastes, and experience. Usually working alone in his Tokyo home studio, he lists among his favorite composers Taku Iwasaki (Gurren Lagann, Soul Eater), Michiru Oshima (FullMetal Alchemist, The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess), and Kotaro Nakagawa (Code Geass, Kamen Rider). Evan was much appreciated by the Reddit community for the Violet Evergarden music. Frieren was still on television at the time, hence the whole Soundtrack had not yet been heard.
Beyond Journey's End rocked the anime world and established itself as the best rated series since FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Frieren is everything, except its music demands particular attention partly for its amazing and atmospheric quality but also because its composer, Evan Call, is a fantastic California artist.
Evan has worked for other anime shows before Frieren. With some well-known names like My Happy Marriage and the full Violet Evergarden series, his portfolio now boasts more than twenty titles. This endeavor launched his profile. This composer has a whole repertory of many genres he has gracefully performed, even if his most well-known works belong to anime full of drama and passion.
Milet sang Evan Call's series ending theme, "Anytime Anywhere," which he also wrote and arranged. Among the best and most identifiable pieces in the whole Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Soundtrack are "Evolution of Magic," "Time Flows Ever Onward," "More Than Mere Tales," and "Life and Legacy," which are worth listening over and again.
Though still a young composer, Evan Call's future seems bright given his growing fame and musicianship growth. His name will undoubtedly become to be more of a synonym for excellent, emotive, and epic soundtracks that bring stories like Frieren memorable.
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Based on the manga series penned by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, Beyond Journey's End is an animated adventure-drama series. Following her parties' triumph against an all-powerful demon king threatening to wipe their planet, Frieren, an elf, tries to fit in a new world with an uncertain future fifty years later.