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name: "Joe Kraemer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-kraemer"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T12:41:30.420045+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."
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# Joe Kraemer

Composer. Born 21 June 1971 in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 June 1971, New York
- **Active:** 1994–2015
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kraemer_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62580

## Coming up

- *The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World* (2026-10-09), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.md) (76)

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## Biography

Joe Kraemer is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. Born on 21 June 1971 in Buffalo, New York, and raised in Albany, he began composing at the age of 15 for a Super 8 film by his high-school friend Scott Storm. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Kraemer has collaborated repeatedly with director Christopher McQuarrie, scoring *The Way of the Gun* (2000), *Jack Reacher* (2012) and *Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation* (2015). His other credits include *Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead* (2009) and *The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot* (2019). His score for *Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation* won the IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmmusiccritics.org, scoringarts.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015), Fi1m 76, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.md)
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, Dialogue Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Criterion* (2026), Music
- *Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Scapegoat* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *88* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Old Man* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Game Over* (2021), Music
- *Emily and the Magical Journey* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Kindred Spirits* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Keep the Gaslight Burning* (2018), Music
- *King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl from Dinosaur Island* (2017), Music
- *Elsie Hooper* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Rosemont* (2015), Music
- *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.md)
- *The Apple Tree* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Cloudy with a Chance of Love* (2015), Music
- *Dawn Patrol* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *A Lesson in Romance* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Jack Reacher* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Femme Fatales* (2011), series, Music
- *The Perfect Teacher* (2010), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Official Rejection* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Lone Rider* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Prairie Fever* (2008), Music
- *The Kidnapping* (2008), Music
- *Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Avenging Angel* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Thirst* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Ten 'til Noon* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Jane Doe: Ties That Bind* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Woman: In the Shadows* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Sacrifices of the Heart* (2007), Music
- *Room 6* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Woman: Redemption* (2006), Music
- *Mystery Woman: Oh Baby* (2006), Music
- *Where There's a Will* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery* (2006), Music
- *House of the Dead 2* (2006), Music
- *Mystery Woman: At First Sight* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Poseidon Adventure* (2005), Music
- *My Big Fat Independent Movie* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Woman: Game Time* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Woman: Snapshot* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos* (2005), Music
- *A Place Called Home* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Trail to Hope Rose* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *A Time to Remember* (2003), Music
- *Esmeraldero* (2003), Music
- *Mystery Woman* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Hard Ground* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Framed* (2002), Music
- *The Way of the Gun* (2000), Music
- *Chi Girl* (1999), as Randy (voice)
- *The Grass Harp* (1996), Sound Editor
- *Kingpin* (1996), Music Editor
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Dialogue Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)
- *Eaton's Water*, Original Music Composer
- *LeapFrog*, Music

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