John Swihart
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mt. Kisco, New York, USA
John Swihart
Biography
John Swihart (born 1964) is an American musical composer for film and television. Some of his best known scores include the films Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Employee of the Month (2006), Youth in Revolt (2009), and television shows How I Met Your Mother (2005 - 2014), and Go On (2012 - 2013).
Swihart was raised in Bloomington, Indiana, the adopted son of a physicist based at Indiana University. He attended Berklee College of Music, in Boston, graduating in 1986. Prior to becoming a film and television composer, he performed in shows as a multi-instrumentalist for the Blue Man Group.
Crew
(2023)
The Other Zoey
Original Music Composer
(2020)
Dinner in America
Original Music Composer
(2020)
The Violent Heart
Original Music Composer
(2019)
The Fanatic
Original Music Composer
(2018)
(2018)
Ideal Home
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Table 19
Original Music Composer
(2016)
First Girl I Loved
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Staten Island Summer
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Accidental Love
Original Music Composer
(2014)
As Night Comes
Music
(2014)
The Young Kieslowski
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Odd Thomas
Original Music Composer
(2012)
For a Good Time, Call...
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Flypaper
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Lucky
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Perfect Host
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Other Woman
Original Music Composer
(2009)
New in Town
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Finding Bliss
Music
(2009)
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Youth in Revolt
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Spread
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Year of Getting to Know Us
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Garden Party
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Last Word
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Just Add Water
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Brothers Solomon
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Full of It
Music
(2007)
Randy & the Mob
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Education of Charlie Banks
Original Music Composer
(2007)
One Last Dance
Music
(2006)
Employee of the Month
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Out There
Music
(2006)
Glazed
Music
(2006)
(2006)
Bye Bye Benjamin
Music
(2006)
The Sasquatch Gang
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Inheritance
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Daltry Calhoun
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Our Very Own
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Napoleon Dynamite
Original Music Composer