John Swihart

Composer

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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Odd Thomas
    Odd Thomas2013
  • Employee of the Month
    Employee of the Month2006
  • Spread
    Spread2009
  • The Perfect Host
    The Perfect Host2010
  • New in Town
    New in Town2009
  • Dinner in America
    Dinner in America2020
  • The Fanatic
    The Fanatic2019
  • Ideal Home
    Ideal Home2018
  • Accidental Love
    Accidental Love2015
  • The Hammer
    The Hammer2007
  • The Sasquatch Gang
    The Sasquatch Gang2006
  • Fear Itself
    Fear Itself1 season
  • Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
    Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas2006
  • Haunting on Fraternity Row
    Haunting on Fraternity Row2018
  • The Violent Heart
    The Violent Heart2020
  • The Year of Getting to Know Us
    The Year of Getting to Know Us2008
  • Hey Watch This
    Hey Watch This2010
  • A Light Beneath Their Feet
    A Light Beneath Their Feet2016
  • Bedford Springs
    Bedford Springs2002

Filmography

2023
The Other Zoey · as Original Music Composer
2020
The Violent Heart · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2020
The Bay of Silence · as Composer
2020
Dinner in America · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2019
The Turkey Bowl · as Composer
2019
The Fan Connection · as Composer
2019
The Fanatic · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2018
2018
Ideal Home · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2018
American Woman · as Composer
2017
Angry Angel · as Composer
2017
Trial & Error · as Composer
2017
Table 19 · as Original Music Composer
2016
The Great Indoors · as Composer
2016
First Girl I Loved · as Original Music Composer
2015
A Light Beneath Their Feet · as ComposerOn Plex
2015
Staten Island Summer · as Original Music Composer
2015
Accidental Love · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2014
2014
Cristela · as Composer
2014
Red Band Society (US) · as Composer
2014
The Young Kieslowski · as Original Music Composer
2013
2013
Odd Thomas · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2013
The Goodwin Games · as Composer
2012
Love Sick Love · as Composer
2012
For a Good Time, Call... · as Original Music Composer
2012
Go On · as Composer
2012
Men at Work · as Composer
2011
How To Be a Gentleman · as Composer
2011
Flypaper · as Original Music Composer
2011
Pretty Tough · as Composer
2011
Web Therapy (2011) · as Composer
2011
Lucky · as Original Music Composer
2011
The Booth at the End · as Composer
2011
Losing Control · as Composer
2011
Switched at Birth · as Composer
2011
2010
Backwash · as Composer
2010
The Perfect Host · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2010
Hey Watch This · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2010
Sons of Tucson · as Composer
2009
The Other Woman · as Original Music Composer
2009
Splinterheads · as Composer
2009
2009
Youth in Revolt · as Original Music Composer
2009
The Strip · as Composer
2009
Spread · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2009
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach · as Original Music Composer
2009
New in Town · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2009
2009
Operating Instructions · as Composer
2008
Web Therapy · as Composer
2008
Garden Party · as Original Music Composer
2008
HottieBoombaLottie · as Composer
2008
Fear Itself · as ComposerOn Plex
2008
The Last Word · as Original Music Composer
2008
Just Add Water · as Original Music Composer
2008
The Year of Getting to Know Us · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2007
South of Pico · as Composer
2007
Randy and the Mob · as Original Music Composer
2007
The Brothers Solomon · as Original Music Composer
2007
Greek · as Composer
2007
The Hammer · as ComposerOn Plex
2007
The Education of Charlie Banks · as Original Music Composer
2007
2006
2006
Employee of the Month · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2006
2006
Getting High · as Composer
2006
2006
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2006
Think Tank · as Composer
2006
The Sasquatch Gang · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex
2006
Trick My Truck · as Composer
2006
2005
Daltry Calhoun · as Original Music Composer
2005
How I Met Your Mother · as Original Music Composer
2005
Mall Cop · as Composer
2005
Nadine in Date Land · as Composer
2005
Our Very Own · as Original Music Composer
2005
2005
Life on the Ledge · as Composer
2004
Napoleon Dynamite · as Original Music Composer
2004
Purgatory House · as Composer
2003
Over the Moon · as Composer
2002
When Boys Fly · as Composer
2002

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