John Swihart
- Known for
- Sound
- Birthplace
- Mt. Kisco, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Other Zoey
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dinner in America
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Violent Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Bay of Silence
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fanatic
Movie · Original Music Composer
Haunting on Fraternity Row
Movie · Music
Ideal Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
Table 19
Movie · Original Music Composer
First Girl I Loved
Movie · Original Music Composer
Staten Island Summer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Accidental Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Web Therapy
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
As Night Comes
Movie · Music
The Young Kieslowski
Movie · Original Music Composer
Odd Thomas
Movie · Original Music Composer
We Are Men
TV · Music · 11 eps
The Goodwin Games
TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps
For a Good Time, Call...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flypaper
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mad Love
TV · Music · 13 eps
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Perfect Host
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Other Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
New in Town
Movie · Original Music Composer
Finding Bliss
Movie · Music
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Movie · Original Music Composer
Youth in Revolt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Spread
Movie · Original Music Composer
Accidentally on Purpose
TV · Music · 18 eps
The Year of Getting to Know Us
Movie · Original Music Composer
Garden Party
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Word
Movie · Original Music Composer
Just Add Water
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Brothers Solomon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Full of It
Movie · Music
Randy & the Mob
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Education of Charlie Banks
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Last Dance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Employee of the Month
Movie · Original Music Composer
Out There
Movie · Music
Glazed
Movie · Music
On Location Napoleon Dynamite
Movie · Songs
Bye Bye Benjamin
Movie · Music
The Sasquatch Gang
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inheritance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daltry Calhoun
Movie · Original Music Composer
Our Very Own
Movie · Original Music Composer
How I Met Your Mother
TV · Original Music Composer · 208 eps
Napoleon Dynamite
Movie · Original Music Composer
Purgatory House
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bedford Springs
Movie · Music