Adam began playing guitar at the age of seven and wrote his first song shortly after. He began playing piano at 14 and spent his teenage years playing in jazz and rock bands and writing music. In 1992 he attended USC where he studied composition and in his senior year won the Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize and had his piece, Scenes for Orchestra, performed by the U.S.C. Thornton Symphony.
After graduating from the film scoring program in 1995, Adam went on to score several features for Roger Corman and Andrew Stevens, and then in 1997 was hired as the composer for South Park. In addition to writing the score for South Park, he also played bass in the band DVDA with the show's creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The following year Adam began working at Disney, where he composed the scores for five series, two T.V. movies and one DVD feature, including one of Disney's most popular series, Kim Possible. The song "Naked Mole Rap", which was a collaboration between Adam and the show's creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley and was released on Walt Disney Record's Kim Possible Soundtrack, was in the top 10 on Radio Disney and earned Adam two World of Rap Awards; In 2005 Adam was nominated for a daytime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for his work on Kim Possible.
In 2007 Adam began writing music for Comedy Central's, The Sarah Silverman Program, and then in the show's third season collaborated with Sarah Silverman on the songs for the show. Several songs that he co-wrote with Sarah are featured on the show's recently released soundtrack album. He has continued this song-writing trend with his latest project, the new Nickelodeon / Dreamworks series, The Penguins of Madagascar, and co-writes the songs for the show in addition to writing the score. In May 2010 he received his second Emmy nomination for his work on The Penguins of Madagascar.
Adam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three dogs.
CREDITS
FEATURE FILM CREDITS
THE TROUBLE WITH DEE DEE Cinemetro (2005)
Director: Mike Meiners
KIM IMPOSSIBLE: SO THE DRAMA Disney (2005)
Director: Steve Loter
BALTO 3: WINGS OF CHANGE Universal Studios (2004)
Director: Phil Weinstein
BEETHOVEN'S 5TH Universal Studios (2003)
Director: Mark Griffiths
TARA AKA HOOD RAT Universal Studios (2001)
Director: Leslie Small
BALTO 2: WOLF QUEST Universal Studios (2001)
Director: Phil Weinstein
AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS Oak Island Films (1999)
Director: Paige Taylor
STAR PORTAL New Concorde
Director: Jon Purdy
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY II Image Entertainment
Director: Fred Olen Ray
FUGITIVE RAGE A-Pix Entertainment
Director: Fred Olen Ray
TELEVISION CREDITS
THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR
Nickelodean/Dreamworks (2007-Present)
Created by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM Comedy Central (2006-Present)
Created by Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, and Sarah Silverman
HAPPY CAMPERS ABC Family (2008)
Director: Gil Junger
KIM POSSIBLE Walt Disney Television (2002-2007)
THE AMERICAN DRAGON: JAKE LONG Disney(2006-2007)
Created by Jeff Goode
THE BUZZ ON MAGGIE
Disney (2005-2006)
PAINE MANAGEMENT Fox TV(2005)
Director: Taz Goldstein
SMALL SHOTS
Paramount Television(2001-2002)
Created by Chris Cox and Matt Sloan
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR: STAR COMMAND
Walt Disney Television/UPN (1999-2000)
Director: Nicholas Filippi
HERCULES: THE ANIMATED SERIES
Walt Disney Television(1998-1999)
Director: Phil Weinstein
SOUTH PARK
Comedy Central(1997-2001)
Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone
ROAR (ADDITIONAL SCORE)
Universal Television (1997)
Created by Shaun Cassidy and Ron Koslow
FX: THE SERIES (ADDITIONAL SCORE)
Rysher Entertainment (1996)
Directed by Mario Azzopardi and Jim Charleston
MUSIC SAMPLES
VIDEO CLIPS (Visit the Flash site to see more)
Back to Back with Sarah Silverman and Demetri Martin
