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John Swihart

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John Swihart

John Swihart is a composer born in Mt. Kisco, New York, USA. He is known for How I Met Your Mother, Napoleon Dynamite and Odd Thomas. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

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Place of birth
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.

Filmography

  1. 2023The Other ZoeyMusic
  2. 2020The Violent HeartMusic
  3. 2020The Bay of SilenceMusic
  4. 2020Dinner in AmericaMusic
  5. 2019The FanaticMusic
  6. 2018Ideal HomeMusic
  7. 2017Table 19Music
  8. 2016First Girl I LovedMusic
  9. 2015Web TherapyMusic
  10. 2015Staten Island SummerMusic
  11. 2015Accidental LoveMusic
  12. 2014The Young KieslowskiMusic
  13. 2013The Goodwin GamesMusic
  14. 2013Odd ThomasMusic
  15. 2012For a Good Time, Call...Music
  16. 2011FlypaperMusic
  17. 2011LuckyMusic
  18. 2010The Other WomanMusic
  19. 2010The Perfect HostMusic
  20. 2010Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch ThisMusic
  21. 2009Youth in RevoltMusic
  22. 2009New in TownMusic
  23. 2009SpreadMusic
  24. 2009Balls Out: Gary the Tennis CoachMusic
  25. 2008Garden PartyMusic
  26. 2008The Last WordMusic
  27. 2008Just Add WaterMusic
  28. 2008The Year of Getting to Know UsMusic
  29. 2007Randy & the MobMusic
  30. 2007The Brothers SolomonMusic
  31. 2007The Education of Charlie BanksMusic
  32. 2007One Last DanceMusic
  33. 2006Employee of the MonthMusic
  34. 2006Bickford Shmeckler's Cool IdeasMusic
  35. 2006The Sasquatch GangMusic
  36. 2005Daltry CalhounMusic
  37. 2005How I Met Your MotherMusic
  38. 2005Our Very OwnMusic
  39. 2005InheritanceMusic
  40. 2004Napoleon DynamiteMusic
  41. 2003Purgatory HouseMusic