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 August 21, 1951 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sound Design |
| Years active | 1971–present |
Career
editThom 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
edit| 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, sound 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 | Foley artist, re-recording mixer | |
| 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 | |
| 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington | Re-recording mixer, sound designer (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Disclosure | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1995 | Species | Re-recording mixer | |
| 1996 | The Frighteners | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Mimic | Sound designer | |
| 1997 | Contact | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
| 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 | |
| 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 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 | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited), 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 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 | 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 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 (uncredited), re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Supervising sound designer | |
| 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 | Re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer | |
| 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
| 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 design 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 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 |
Awards
edit- 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
edit- 2016 – Best Sound Mixing, The Revenant[6]
- 2008 – Best Sound, Ratatouille[7]
- 2008 – Best Sound Editing, Ratatouille[7]
- 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[8]
- 1998 – Best Sound Mixing, Contact[9]
- 1995 – Best Sound Effects Editing, Forrest Gump[10]
- 1995 – Best Sound, Forrest Gump[10]
- 1992 – Best Sound, Backdraft[11]
- 1984 – Best Sound, Never Cry Wolf[5]
- 1984 – Best Sound, Return of the Jedi[5]
British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
edit- 2016 - Best Sound, The Revenant
French Academy Awards (César)
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bay Area Radio Drama". Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ 2010 CAS Career Achievement Speech Archived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Randy Thom & Jamey Scott: Honoring Iconic Game Audio for 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'". 19 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ a b c "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ "88th Academy Awards". Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ a b "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ^ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ a b "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
External links
edit- Randy Thom at Skywalker Sound
- Randy Thom at IMDb
- https://randythomblog.wordpress.com/ (Randy Thom's blog)