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Randy Thom
American sound designer (born 1951)
David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951) is an American sound designer and the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.
01Career
Thom started his film career with a phone call to Walter Murch, who invited him to visit a re-mix of American Graffiti. Thom introduced himself to Murch, Ben Burtt, and Mark Berger, and said he had been working for a radio station in Berkeley, and wanted to work in film sound.
02Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Post-production sound effects recordist | |
| 1983 | Koyaanisqatsi | Sound effects recordist | |
| 1983 | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | Production sound mixer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Sound mixer - Saul Zaentz | |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Sound re-recording mixer, sound effects recordist (uncredited) - Saul Zaentz | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1985 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
| 1985 | Latino | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1988 | Colors | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1989 | Romero | Sound re-recording mixer | |
| 1989 | Always | Re-recording mixer, foley artist | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1990 | Loom | Sound design consultant: Audio Book Cassette | |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1991 | A Brief History of Time | Sound effects, re-recording mixer | |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | Jumanji | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | Species | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1996 | The Frighteners | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Additional sound designer | |
| 1997 | Contact | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1998 | Stepmom | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1999 | Arlington Road | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games | Sound designer | |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2002 | Windtalkers | Supervising sound editor (uncredited), re-recording mixer | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Sound designer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2003 | Darkness Falls | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2003 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Sound designer | |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Sound designer | |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Additional sound designer, additional supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sound designer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Re-recording mixer | |
| 2006 | Monster House | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Sound designer | |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Standard Operating Procedure | Sound designer (uncredited), supervising sound editor | |
| 2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2008 | Bolt | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Sound designer | |
| 2009 | Coraline | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Voice of Toothless, sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Sound designer consultant, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2011 | Rio | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2012 | The Lorax | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor, additional voices | |
| 2012 | Flight | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2013 | The Croods | Voice of Sandy Crood, sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor, ADR group | |
| 2013 | Epic | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2013 | Free Birds | Sound designer, Re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Voice of Toothless, sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2015 | Home | Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor, additional voices: Snoopy vocals | |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Sound designer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2015 | The Walk | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2016 | Pete's Dragon | Additional supervising sound designer | |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Re-recording mixer, sound designer consultant | |
| 2017 | Ferdinand | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Voices of Toothless and Light Fury, sound designer | |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2019 | Abominable | Special thanks | |
| 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited), ADR group | |
| 2020 | The Witches | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2021 | Vivo | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, additional voices | |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Sound designer | |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Voice of the RECOs, supervising sound designer | |
| 2024 | Ultraman: Rising | supervising sound designer |
03Awards
Academy Awards
- 2005, Best Sound Editing, The Incredibles (shared with Michael Silvers)
- 1984, Best Sound, The Right Stuff (shared with Mark Berger, Tom Scott and David MacMillan)
Nominations
- 2025 - Best Sound, The Wild Robot
- 2016, Best Sound Mixing, The Revenant
- 2008, Best Sound, Ratatouille
- 2008, Best Sound Editing, Ratatouille
- 2005, Best Sound Editing, The Polar Express
- 2005, Best Sound Mixing, The Polar Express
- 2005, Best Sound Mixing, The Incredibles
- 2001, Best Sound Mixing, Cast Away
- 1998, Best Sound Mixing, Contact
- 1995, Best Sound Effects Editing, Forrest Gump
- 1995, Best Sound, Forrest Gump
- 1992, Best Sound, Backdraft
- 1984, Best Sound, Never Cry Wolf
- 1984, Best Sound, Return of the Jedi
British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
- 2016 - Best Sound, The Revenant
French Academy Awards (César)
Emmy Awards
- 2025 - Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for an Animated Program, Ultraman: Rising
Nominations
- 1986 - Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Special, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Sources and credits
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