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.
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2020s
- 2023
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
First Girl I Loved
Original Music Composer
- 2015
Staten Island Summer
Original Music Composer
- 2014
As Night Comes
Music
The Young Kieslowski
Original Music Composer
- 2013
We Are Men
Music
The Goodwin Games
Original Music Composer
- 2012
- 2011
Lucky
Original Music Composer
Mad Love
Music
- 2010
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
Original Music Composer
2000s
- 2009
Finding Bliss
Music
- 2008
Garden Party
Original Music Composer
The Last Word
Original Music Composer
Just Add Water
Original Music Composer
- 2007
Randy & the Mob
Original Music Composer
One Last Dance
Original Music Composer
- 2006
Out There
Music
Glazed
Music
On Location Napoleon Dynamite
Songs
The Sasquatch Gang
Original Music Composer
Bye Bye Benjamin
Music
- 2005
Daltry Calhoun
Original Music Composer
Inheritance
Original Music Composer
- 2004
- 2003
Purgatory House
Original Music Composer
- 2002
Bedford Springs
Music
