Joe Kraemer Biography ((?)-)

Born in western NY; father, a bank employee; married Heidi Van Lier (an actress, writer, and director); children: one.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Composer, music conductor, sound designer, editor, director, and producer

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Dialogue editor, Dumb & Dumber (also known as Dumb Happens and Misled and Uninformed), New Line Cinema, 1994
  • Sound editor, The Grass Harp, Fine Line Features, 1995
  • Music editor and sound editor, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1996
  • Sound designer and associate producer, Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999
  • Assistant to main music editor, Hanging Up (also known as Aufgelegt!), Columbia, 2000
  • Music conductor and song performer of song "How to Make a Margarita," The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000
  • Sound effects editor, Frailty (also known as Daemonisch andNessuno e al sicuro), Lions Gate Films, 2001
  • Producer, Monday, 2006
  • Director of various films that he also wrote and scored, beginning in high school.
  • Film Appearances
  • Voice of Randy, Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999
  • Monday, 2006
  • Appeared in various films he wrote and directed and super 8 film projects.
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Sound editor, Land's End, syndicated, 1995-96
  • Movies
  • Music consultant, The Pentagon Wars, HBO, 1998
  • Music arranger and music producer, Hard Ground, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
  • RECORDINGS
  • Albums
  • Recorded albums, including Phonographic Memory.
  • Album Producer
  • Producer of albums, including the Dylan Kussman album Unemployed on This Asteroid.
  • WRITINGS
  • Film Music
  • (With Kevin Kliesch) Songs, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
  • Burn, 1998
  • Final Decision, 1998, York Entertainment, 2003
  • Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999
  • Additional music, We Married Margo, KOAN, Inc., 2000
  • Temporary score, Hanging Up (also known as Aufgelegt!), Columbia, 2000
  • Slammed, A la Carte Entertainment, 2000
  • The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000
  • Additional music, The Circle (short film), Mercury Films/Too Fat to Fish, 2001
  • Temporary score, Osmosis Jones, Warner Bros., 2001
  • (Uncredited; scenes deleted) A Beautiful Mind, Universal, 2001
  • Dynamite (also known as Family under Siege), PorchLight Entertainment, 2002
  • Esmeraldero (also known as Emerald Cowboy), Indican Pictures 2003
  • The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (also known as Hitcher 2and Hitcher 2: The Prey), Universal Studios Home Video, 2003
  • The Last Stop Cafe (short film), Dalvey Road Entertainment, 2003
  • Open House, Bugeater Films/NeoFight Film, 2004
  • Somewhere, Summerland Story Company, 2004
  • All Souls Day: Dia de los muertos (also known as Dia de los muertos), IDT Entertainment Sales, 2005
  • My Big Fat Independent Movie, Aloha Pictures/Film Threat/Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005
  • Ten 'til Noon, Shut Up & Shoot Pictures, 2005
  • The Darkroom, CFQ Films/Mindfire Entertainment, 2006
  • Monday, 2006
  • Room 6, CFQ Films/Haunted Hospital Productions, 2006
  • An Unreasonable Man (also known as Ralph Nader: An UnreasonableMan), 2006
  • Composer, director, and actor in various films, beginning in high school.Wrote music for super 8 film projects. Some sources cite Kraemer as the composer for Grand Junction.
  • Television Music
  • Series
  • Contributing composer, Undressed (also known as MTV's "Undressed"), MTV, 1999-2002
  • Movies
  • Framed, TNT, 2002
  • Hard Ground, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
  • Mystery Woman, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
  • A Time to Remember, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
  • A Place Called Home, The Hallmark Channel, 2004
  • The Trail to Hope Rose, The Hallmark Channel, 2004
  • House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim, Sci-Fi Channel, 2005
  • McBride: Murder Past Midnight, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
  • Mystery Woman: Game Time, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
  • Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
  • Mystery Women: Sing Me a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
  • Mystery Woman: Snapshot, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
  • Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
  • The Poseidon Adventure, NBC, 2005
  • Episodic
  • Composer of music for an animated project that appeared in Liquid Television, MTV.
  • Pilots
  • The Underworld, 1997
  • Some sources cite Kraemer as the composer for the pilot Hollywood Vice.
  • Albums
  • Recorded albums, including Phonographic Memory. Some of Kraemer'scompositions have been included in soundtrack recordings.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Electronic
    • IGN Web Site, http://filmforce.ign.com, September 19, 2000
    • Joe Kraemer, http://www.joekraemer.com, January 16, 2006