Biography
John Swihart is an American musical composer for film and television. He is perhaps best known for his score to Napoleon Dynamite, Youth in Revolt, Employee of the Month, and his music for the TV shows How I Met Your Mother, and Go On.John Swihart was raised in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of a physicist based at Indiana University. He spent a portion of his formative years in Europe and Asia, where his father would sabbatical.
John had some musical training at a very young age but was not deeply absorbed by music until he was about eight. Swihart would leave Indiana to attend Berklee College of Music, in Boston. He graduated in 1986.Swihart played Chapman Stick, Bass, Guitar and Zither in the Boston, New York and Las Vegas Blue Man Group shows, on his way to Los Angeles.
His breakout film project Napoleon Dynamite premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
Filmography
all 74
Movies 69
TV Shows 5
The Other Zoey (2023)
Dinner in America (2022)
The Violent Heart (2020)
The Bay of Silence (2020)
The Turkey Bowl (2019)
The Fanatic (2019)
Ideal Home (2018)
Angry Angel (2017)
Table 19 (2017)
First Girl I Loved (2016)
Web Therapy (2015)
Staten Island Summer (2015)
Accidental Love (2015)
As Night Comes (2014)
The Young Kieslowski (2014)
We Are Men (2013)
Odd Thomas (2013)
Love Sick Love (2012)
Losing Control (2012)
Flypaper (2011)
Lucky (2011)
The Other Woman (2010)
The Perfect Host (2010)
Splinterheads (2009)
Youth in Revolt (2009)
The Strip (2009)
New in Town (2009)
Finding Bliss (2009)
Spread (2009)
Garden Party (2008)
HottieBoombaLottie (2008)
The Last Word (2008)
Just Add Water (2008)
South Of Pico (2007)
Randy & the Mob (2007)
The Brothers Solomon (2007)
The Hammer (2007)
Full of It (2007)
One Last Dance (2007)
5up 2down (2006)
Out There (2006)
Glazed (2006)
Think Tank (2006)
The Sasquatch Gang (2006)
Bye Bye Benjamin (2006)
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
5150 Mall Cop (2005)
Nadine in Dateland (2005)
Our Very Own (2005)
Inheritance (2005)
Mary (2005)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Purgatory House (2003)
When Boys Fly (2002)
Bedford Springs
Building Blocks
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GenderMale
Birthday1964-01-01 (60 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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