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. 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 – 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. The score premiered on October 18, 2016, at
Moody Performance Hall with
Richard McKay conducting. Selections from the score were recorded and released on Caldera Records. In 2017, Kraemer composed the score for the teen anthology series
Creeped Out on
CBBC. ==Filmography==