Adam Dorn

Adam Dorn, one of SONA’s founding members, is a composer, record producer, recording artist, arranger and songwriter who has been working in the music business since the age of 16.  The son of renowned jazz and R&B producer Joel Dorn, he was mentored by GRAMMY-winning producer and musician Marcus Miller. He had the honor of learning from Miles Davis, David Sanborn and Luther Vandross as a teenager while studying with Miller. In conjunction to that apprenticeship, Adam later studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is an accomplished bassist.

His music can be heard everywhere – from Disney theme parks Star Wars attractions to the Showtime docuseries Enemies about power-abusing politicians from Oscar and Emmy-winning director Alex Gibney. Morphing between producer, composer and recording artist at all times, he has worn many musical hats over the last 35 years. As a musician (piano and bass) and co-writer, he has worked with U2, Sting, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Luther Vandross, Bryan Ferry and Laurie Anderson, among many others. The last decade has seen Adam increasingly focusing on TV and film composing, with a specific

focus on documentary series and feature films. Two current projects include a feature doc about the life and times of former California Governor Jerry Brown and a documentary about the beginnings of the early days of the civil rights movement entitled Ain’;t No Back To A Merry-Go-Round, both slated for early '23 release. He also recently produced the music for a PIXAR animation short called Us Again. 

Adam also scored Season 3 of the Peabody-winning investigative journalism podcast, Serial, which holds an ongoing record as the fastest podcast to reach five million downloads and streams in iTunes’ history. In 2019 he scored HBO’s critically acclaimed documentary and Sundance selection Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, directed by Emmy-winner Marina Zenovich. This was his second collaboration with Zenovich, having previously scored the Emmy-nominated film Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic which won the NAACP Image Award for Best Television Documentary. 

His other credits include scoring HBO’s Emmy-nominated docuseries, The Weight of the Nation, from 31-time Emmy-winning producer Sheila Nevins and four-time Emmy-winning producer John Hoffman; the trilogy reboot of the Kickboxer action film series (Vengeance, Retaliation); The 2021 Nicholas Cage Sci-Fi thriller & “Jiu-Jitsu”; and Melissa McCarthy’s TV Land comedy, Nobodies. Additionally, Adam scored the end credits for AMC’s Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated crime drama Better Call Saul. He also reimagined the music for ESPN’s iconic sports program Around The Horn hosted by Tony Reali. 

Beyond his career as a composer of prestige documentaries, film and television, Adam is a successful jazz-oriented dance music producer and DJ. Under the moniker Mocean Worker, his

music can be heard in numerous films and television shows including The Devil Wears Prada, The Bourne Supremacy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Pink Panther, CSI and Six Feet Under.

He currently resides in NY with his wife and son after living in Los Angeles for the past 11 years.