Call composed the music for Violet Evergarden, a score built on solo piano, strings and restrained orchestral writing that matches the series' emphasis on stillness. The music carries a great deal of the emotional weight in a production where characters frequently say nothing at all.
He trained in the United States and moved to Japan to work in animation scoring, which remains an unusual career route. He works with live orchestras and with a consistent group of collaborators, and he has since scored several of the most visible animated series of recent years across very different registers.
Recurring subjects: memory and distance, themes stated simply and then reorchestrated as a character changes, and restraint held until a single deliberate release. He writes primary melodies that survive reduction to piano alone, and he uses silence generously, letting scenes play without music where a score would normally intervene.
His scores have reached large international audiences through streaming and are performed in concert, and his work on a fantasy series about an elf's long life extended his reputation considerably. He is frequently cited as an example of animation scoring being treated with the resources and seriousness of film.
For listeners who want emotionally direct orchestral writing. Suited to anyone who watched the series and remembers the piano, and to those interested in how a non Japanese composer built a career inside the medium.
