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Josh Kramon was born in Silverlake, California and first fell in love with music when he was four years old, bringing his favorite Beatles records to nursery school. After learning to play the guitar at nine years old, Kramon picked up every musical instrument he could get his hands on. He listened to a variety of different types of music ranging from Jazz and Rock to Classical.After playing in different rock bands in high school, Kramon delved into writing orchestral and electronic music on the side eventually studying compostion at USC's renowned Thorton School of music. HIs studies at USC were cut short, however, when his band "The imposters" were signed to Interscope records in 1994. The group had a cult following in the mid-nineties and performed regularly at Hollywood’s popular hot spot The Viper Room, where guests included Mick Jagger, Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) and Maroon 5.
In 1996, Kramon landed his first scoring gig, mixing rock and hip hop elements on the WB’s “Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher,” which starred Portia de Rossi (“Dead and Breakfast,” “Arrested Development”). In 1998, Kramon scored UPN’s television show “Guys Like Us,” starring Maestro Harrell (“Barbershop,” “Ali”).
In 2000, ABC presented Kramon the opportunity to score and create the theme for “Making The Band,” a new television show chronicling the making of the popular boy band O-Town. The score mixed elements of acoustic rock and groove electronic music and Josh, as with almost all of his scores, also performed all of the instruments. Also that year, Kramon was presented with a new challenge- creating a variety of different styles of music under tight deadlines when he was hired to score “Hype,” a sketch comedy for the WB. The show required Kramon to create ten different segments of music for each episode.
In 2002, Kramon brought his scoring talents to the big screen by composing “The Anarchist Cookbook,” a feature film directed by Jordan Susman (“Sitting in Limbo”), starring Devon Gummersall (“Reeker", "McBride: The Chameleon Murder,”) in a dramedy that centering on a self-proclaimed anarchist and his like-minded friends.
In 2003, Kramon released his first solo album “Forward,” featuring smooth, melodic, groove-driven songs which he wrote, performed, arranged and produced. The album caught the ear of writer/producer Rob Thomas who was launching UPN'S new critically acclaimed drama“Veronica Mars.” Kramon was instantly brought on board to score the series and the show grew to become one of the biggest cult hits in television to date. Thomas, speaking about the process of creating a sound for the show, said he had wanted an "atmospheric, electronic, modern-noir vibe and these vague notions were executed brilliantly by Josh." Kramon’s scoring techniques and melodic sounds have been utilized by the writing/producing team of Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah (“Freaks and Geeks”). Sachs was a big fan of “The imposters” and in 2004, approached him to compose the music for the Sachs/Judah ABC high school comedy “ Life as We Know It.” Kramon also scored UPN's Kevin Hill that season using elements of neo-soul and hip-hop as dramatic score.
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