Biography

Born in Stockholm in 1971, Adam began his musical career while still in his teens, playing keyboards in various local jazz and pop groups. During the last 15 years, he has enjoyed a diverse career working in all kinds of genres and media, composing music for feature films and television series as well as theatre and commercials. Adam is a member of the European Film Academy and he was nominated as Discovery Of The Year at the 2001 World Soundtrack Awards. In January 2006 he received the Swedish Film Institutes Guldbagge for his score to Josef Fares critically acclaimed movie 'Zozo'. During 2017 & 2018 Adam has been busy composing for SVTs success series 'Vår Tid Är Nu' as well as Viaplay drama 'Advokaten', created by Jens Lapidus. He has also worked on four episodes of the immensely popular series 'Beck'. Among Adam's international credits we find the Dutch 'The Accused' (Hollands Oscar submission 2014), directed by Paula van der Oeste, Finnish drama-comedy 'Forbidden fruit', directed by Dome Karukoski, as well as the German TV movies "Die Lüge/Bella Block/Unter Anderen Umständen" (ZDF). Among his Swedish work, we find the Emmy nominated 'Ramona' (Harald Hamrell) and the world-renowned author Henning Mankell's popular character 'Wallander', as well as the movie 'Varg' featuring Peter Stormare, directed by Daniel Alfredson. Adam has also collaborated with Swedish action hero Dolph Lundgren on his films 'The Defender & Command Performance'. In 2015 Adam created the score for both 'Welcome to Sweden' (TV4 & NBC, directed by Greg Poehler) as well as 'The Hundred Code', created & directed by Oscar-winning writer/director Bobby Moresco.

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Filmography

View Beck
Beck

Beck

1999Series
6.8
View Wallander
Wallander

Wallander

2005Series
6.9
View The Lawyer
The Lawyer

The Lawyer

2018Series
5.4
View The Restaurant
The Restaurant

The Restaurant

2017Series
7.5
View Love & Anarchy
Love & Anarchy

Love & Anarchy

2020Series
7.1
View Agent Hamilton
Agent Hamilton

Agent Hamilton

2020Series
6.3
View Welcome to Sweden
Welcome to Sweden

Welcome to Sweden

2014Series
6.1
View Command Performance
Command Performance

Command Performance

2009Film
5.3
View The Defender
The Defender

The Defender

2004Film
4.6
View Blind Tracks
Blind Tracks

Blind Tracks

2025Series
2.7
View Anxious People
Anxious People

Anxious People

2021Series
6.1
View Direct Action
Direct Action

Direct Action

2004Film
5.0