Biography
Joe Kraemer (born June 21, 1971) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has worked with director Christopher McQuarrie several times -- The Way of the Gun (2000), Jack Reacher (2012), and Mission: Impossible β Rogue Nation (2015). Kraemer was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Albany, New York. His father and uncle were both musicians, and Kraemer began taking piano lessons at an early age. In high school he befriended an older boy named Scott Storm, who became a professional filmmaker. Kraemer's first film score was for a Super-8 film written and directed by Storm, called Chiming Hour. Kraemer, who also acted in the film, was 15 at the time. Storm later introduced Kraemer to filmmakers Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie.While attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Kraemer decided he wanted to be a film composer. Through contacts such as Singer and McQuarrie, he was able to obtain work first as a sound (and occasionally music) editor, before eventually crossing over into television and film composing.Kraemer's first feature film score was the 2000 film The Way of the Gun, a modern-day western written and directed by Oscar-winner Christopher McQuarrie. The film starred Benicio del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, and James Caan. Though the film performed poorly at the box office, it became something of a cult classic, and some industry insiders began to expect great things from Kraemer. Over the next few years, Kraemer scored music for the hit TV series Femme Fatales, the docudrama Emerald Cowboy (2003); in 2006 he teamed up with his old classmate Scott Storm for the low-budget crime thriller Ten 'til Noon, which won awards at the film festival level; and in 2008 he scored the direct-to-video thriller Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, written by J. J. Abrams.
In 2012, Kraemer got his chance, composing the score for the Tom Cruise action thriller Jack Reacher (directed by McQuarrie). His score was nominated in the Best Original Score - Feature Film category at the 2012 Hollywood Music In Media Awards. His credits also include the 2014 film Dawn Patrol, starring Scott Eastwood.Kraemer worked with McQuarrie and Cruise again when he scored the fifth film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible β Rogue Nation (2015).Since 2015, Kraemer has been providing music and sound design to a number of audio plays released by Big Finish Productions. These include spin-offs for Doctor Who characters such as Madam Vastra, Missy and Rose Tyler, starring the original actors.
In 2016, Kraemer was commissioned by the Dallas Chamber Symphony to write new music for F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.In 2017, Kraemer composed the score for the teen anthology series Creeped Out on CBBC.
Filmography
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Movies 79
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TV Shows 1
88 (2023)
Old Man (2022)
Sclera Absentia (2022)
Game Over (2021)
Emily and the Magical Journey (2020)
Kindred Spirits (2019)
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2019)
Cruel Hearts (2018)
Keep the Gaslight Burning (2018)
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)
The Girl from Dinosaur Island (2017)
Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)
Custodian (2016)
50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
Blood Moon (2016)
Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism (2016)
Notifications On (2016)
Elsie Hooper (2016)
Rosemont (2015)
Boned (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Dawn Patrol (2015)
Nostradamus (2015)
The Apple Tree (2015)
Cloudy With a Chance of Love (2015)
A Lesson in Romance (2014)
Favor (2013)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Femme Fatales (2011)
The Perfect Teacher (2010)
Confession of a Gangster (2010)
Official Rejection (2009)
Our First Christmas (2008)
The Deadliest Lesson (2008)
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008)
Lone Rider (2008)
Prairie Fever (2008)
Black Friday (2007)
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007)
Avenging Angel (2007)
The Thirst (2007)
Ten 'til Noon (2007)
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007)
An Unreasonable Man (2007)
Spring Thaw (2007)
Dead and Deader (2006)
Mystery Woman: Redemption (2006)
Room 6 (2006)
Where There's a Will (2006)
House of the Dead 2 (2006)
Monday (2006)
Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006)
Desolation Canyon (2006)
The Darkroom (2006)
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
Mystery Woman: Game Time (2005)
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder (2005)
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder (2005)
McBride: Murder Past Midnight (2005)
Mystery Woman: Snapshot (2005)
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005)
Dynamite (2004)
Open House (2004)
A Place Called Home (2004)
The Trail to Hope Rose (2004)
A Time to Remember (2003)
Esmeraldero (2003)
Final Decision (2003)
Mystery Woman (2003)
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
Hard Ground (2003)
Framed (2002)
The Way of the Gun (2000)
Chi Girl (1999)
Kingpin (1996)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Eaton's Water
Fluorescent Beast
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GenderMale
Birthday1971-06-21 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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