John Swihart
Highest Rated: 91% Dinner in America (2020)
Lowest Rated: 6% Full of It (2007)
Birthday: Not Available
Birthplace: Not Available
John Swihart is a film and television composer best known for his work on the quirky 2004 comedy "Napoleon Dynamite." The success of the film was a huge breakthrough for him and steered his career into new directions after years of working as an itinerant musician and a member of the playfully theatrical performance art Blue Man Group. His love of music began in childhood, playing saxophone and later guitar. He attended Indiana University for a time but left to enroll at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After years of working day jobs and performing at night, he auditioned successfully for Blue Man Group's Boston production. Eventually, he was asked to relocate to Las Vegas with the group. He later moved to Los Angeles and began to score music for small independent productions, one of them "Napoleon Dynamite." Unexpectedly, the film became a hit, winning a Satellite Award for best original score. Swihart quickly became an in-demand composer and has written music for numerous other movies, many of them comedies, including "Employee of the Month," "The Hammer," "The Brothers Solomon," and "Youth in Revolt."
Filmography
Movies
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80% | 81% | The Other Zoey | Original Music | $168.1K | 2023 |
91% | 89% | Dinner in America | Original Music | - | 2020 |
56% | 79% | The Violent Heart | Original Music | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 89% | The Turkey Bowl | Original Music | - | 2019 |
68% | 66% | Ideal Home | Original Music | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Angry Angel | Original Music | - | 2017 |
26% | 40% | Table 19 | Original Music | $3.6M | 2017 |
90% | 71% | First Girl I Loved | Original Music | - | 2016 |
33% | 38% | Staten Island Summer | Original Music | - | 2015 |
9% | 15% | Accidental Love | Original Music | - | 2015 |
56% | 76% | The Young Kieslowski | Original Music | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pretty/Tough | Original Music | - | 2013 |
38% | 65% | Odd Thomas | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Love Sick Love | Original Music | - | 2012 |
57% | 53% | For a Good Time, Call ... | Original Music | $1.2M | 2012 |
7% | 55% | Losing Control | Original Music | - | 2011 |
15% | 50% | Lucky | Original Music | - | 2011 |
15% | 42% | Flypaper | Original Music | $1.1K | 2011 |
45% | 55% | The Perfect Host | Original Music | $48.4K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This | Original Music | - | 2010 |
38% | 45% | Love and Other Impossible Pursuits | Original Music | $20.6K | 2009 |
67% | 52% | Youth in Revolt | Original Music | $15.3M | 2009 |
19% | 22% | The Strip | Original Music | $5.1K | 2009 |
27% | 50% | Splinterheads | Original Music | $16.4K | 2009 |
22% | 28% | Spread | Original Music | - | 2009 |
28% | 37% | New in Town | Original Music | $16.7M | 2009 |
15% | 25% | Garden Party | Original Music | $19.9K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Just Add Water | Original Music | - | 2008 |
48% | 45% | The Education of Charlie Banks | Original Music | $14.5K | 2007 |
82% | 90% | The Hammer | Original Music | $442.6K | 2007 |
46% | 57% | The Sasquatch Gang | Original Music | $9.5K | 2007 |
56% | 39% | Randy and the Mob | Original Music | $45.1K | 2007 |
16% | 31% | The Brothers Solomon | Original Music | $900.9K | 2007 |
6% | 45% | Full of It | Original Music | $11.4K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out There | Original Music | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 75% | 5 Up 2 Down | Original Music | - | 2006 |
20% | 53% | Employee of the Month | Original Music | $28.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Our Very Own | Original Music | - | 2005 |
73% | 45% | The Great New Wonderful | Original Music | $150.1K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 49% | Mall Cop | Original Music | - | 2004 |
80% | 51% | Purgatory House | Original Music | - | 2004 |
72% | 74% | Napoleon Dynamite | Original Music | $44.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bedford Springs | Original Music | - | 2002 |