---
name: "Tree Adams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tree-adams"
fi1m_id: "tree-adams"
imdb_id: "nm0386640"
tmdb_id: 50216
wikidata_id: "Q3538305"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:40:17.459576+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tree Adams

## Identity

Tree Adams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tree-adams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tree-adams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0386640
- **TMDB ID:** 50216
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3538305
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3538305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50216

Composer. Born in Berkeley, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Adam Hirsh
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3538305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50216

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tree Adams is a composer for film, television and video games, also credited as Adam Hirsh. He received classical training from childhood and studied music in Manhattan and at the University of Pennsylvania. After a decade touring as lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter with the rock band The Hatters, he moved into scoring with the 1997 film *The Definite Maybe*.

Adams is known for his television work on *Californication* (2007–2014, collaborating with Tyler Bates), *The 100* (2016–2020), *NCIS: New Orleans* (2017–2021) and *NCIS: Hawai'i* (2021–2024). He has composed for numerous other series and films including *Reba*, *Keith*, *Lizzie Borden Took an Ax* and *Belushi*. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination and awards including an HMMA for *Belushi* and prizes for his orchestral works such as the symphony *Elements 4*.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmscoremonthly.com, treeadams.com, reelcrafter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *#Untruth: The Psychology of Trumpism* (2024), Music
- *God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Roommate Wanted* (2020), as Compositor
- *Belushi* (2020), Music
- *American Style* (2019), series, Music
- *Borderland* (2017), Music
- *NCIS: New Orleans* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *The 100* (2014), series, Music
- *Reach Me* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Lizzie Borden Took an Ax* (2014), Music
- *Blue Lagoon: The Awakening* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Harvard Park* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *We the Party* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Blue-Eyed Butcher* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Deadly Sibling Rivalry* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Carnal Innocence* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Justice for Natalee Holloway* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *All Things Fall Apart* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Craigslist Killer* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *World's End* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Keith* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Middleman* (2008), series, Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Band Musician · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Hard Luck* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunt for the BTK Killer* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Dawn of the Dead* (2004), Additional Music
- *Reba* (2001), series, Original Music Composer
- *Poor White Trash* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Teach Me* (1998), Music
- *The Definite Maybe* (1997), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2008: Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (nominated), for *Canterbury's Law*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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