Randy Thom

David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951^[1]) is an American sound designer and the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.

Randy Thom
Born	David Randall Thom (1951-08-21) August 21, 1951 (age 73) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation	Sound Design
Years active	1971–present

Career

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.^[2]

Filmography

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[3]	Sound designer, supervising sound editor (uncredited)
2024	The Wild Robot	Voice of the RECOs, supervising sound designer

Awards

Academy Awards

• 2005 – Best Sound Editing, The Incredibles (shared with Michael Silvers)^[4]
• 1984 – Best Sound, The Right Stuff (shared with Mark Berger, Tom Scott and David MacMillan)^[5]

Nominations

• 2025 - Best Sound, The Wild Robot^[6]
• 2016 – Best Sound Mixing, The Revenant^[7]
• 2008 – Best Sound, Ratatouille^[8]
• 2008 – Best Sound Editing, Ratatouille^[8]
• 2005 – Best Sound Editing, The Polar Express^[4]
• 2005 – Best Sound Mixing, The Polar Express^[4]
• 2005 – Best Sound Mixing, The Incredibles^[4]
• 2001 – Best Sound Mixing, Cast Away^[9]
• 1998 – Best Sound Mixing, Contact^[10]
• 1995 – Best Sound Effects Editing, Forrest Gump^[11]
• 1995 – Best Sound, Forrest Gump^[11]
• 1992 – Best Sound, Backdraft^[12]
• 1984 – Best Sound, Never Cry Wolf^[5]
• 1984 – Best Sound, Return of the Jedi^[5]

British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)

• 2016 - Best Sound, The Revenant

French Academy Awards (César)

• 2020 - Best Sound, The Wolf's Call