Randy Thom

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Randy Thom
Born
David Randall Thom

1951 (age 69–70)
Shreveport, Louisiana
OccupationSound Design
Years active1971–present

David Randall Thom (born 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana[1]) is a sound designer, and the current director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.

Career[]

Randy Thom began working at FM radio station WYSO at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio as a volunteer in 1970. After two years he became the station's Program Director, produced a live music show he called “Live Music Crawlin’ Out Your Radio,” and did pieces for NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

In 1975 he moved to Berkeley, California and began working with Erik Bauersfeld at KPFA Radio producing radio plays.

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 Walter 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]

At the end of the day Murch asked him to write an essay about what he had seen during the visit. A few weeks later Murch hired Randy to work on Apocalypse Now. His second film sound job would prove to be a strong turn in his career, as he assisted Ben Burtt in the Sound Effects Recording for The Empire Strikes Back.

In February 2010, Thom was honored with the Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Award. The Award was presented by Thom's long time client and friend, Robert Zemeckis.

Thom received the prestigious MPSE Career Achievement Award at the 2014 Golden Reel Awards Gala in Los Angeles. The Award was presented by George Lucas.

Thom has been nominated for fifteen Oscars and has received two. One for “The Right Stuff,” and one for “The Incredibles. He has also received a British Academy Award for “The Revenant,” and a French Academy Award for “Le Chant de Loup.”

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 [U.S.] Production sound [mixer], re-recording mixer: music
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], supervising 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, sound 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 design, re-recording mixer
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 design
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
1999 Bicentennial Man Sound designer, sound re-recording mixer
2000 Reindeer Games Sound designer
2000 What Lies Beneath Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2000 Cast Away Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2001 Osmosis Jones Sound designer
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2002 Windtalkers Supervising sound editor (uncredited?), re-recording sound mixer
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Sound designer & supervisor
2003 Darkness Falls Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2004 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Sound designer
2004 Shrek 2 Sound designer
2004 The Polar Express Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2004 The Incredibles Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor
2005 War of the Worlds Additional sound designer
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Sound designer and supervising sound editor
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Sound designer, sound mixing, supervising sound editor
2006 Over the Hedge Sound mixing
2006 Monster House Supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor, supervising sound mixer
2006 Eragon Sound designer & supervising sound editor, sound re-recording mixer
2007 Ratatouille Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2007 The Simpsons Movie Sound designer
2007 Bee Movie Sound designer
2007 Enchanted Sound designer & supervising sound editor, sound re-recording mixer
2007 Beowulf sound designer, sound re-recording mixer
2008 Standard Operating Procedure Sound designer (uncredited?), sound supervisor
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Sound designer, sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor
2008 Bolt Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Sound designer
2009 Coraline Sound designer, sound re-recording mixer
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2009 A Christmas Carol Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2010 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Supervising sound designer, supervising sound re-recording mixer
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Voice of Toothless, Sound designer, supervising sound editor, supervising sound mixer
2010 Despicable Me Sound design consultant
2010 The Last Airbender Sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2011 Mars Needs Moms Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2011 Rio re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor?
2012 The Lorax Sound Designer/Supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer
2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer, additional voices
2012 Flight Sound designer/re-recording mixer, sound designer & supervising sound editor?
2013 The Croods ADR, sound designer, re-recording mixer, Sandy - voice design by, supervising sound editor?
2013 Epic Sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2013 Free Birds Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2014 Rio 2 Supervising sound designer, re-recording mixer
2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Voice of Toothless, re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor
2015 Home Supervising sound designer
2015 The Peanuts Movie Re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising sound editor, additional voices: Snoopy vocals
2015 Crimson Peak Sound designer, supervising sound editor
2015 The Walk Supervising sound designer, supervising sound mixer
2016 Pete's Dragon Additional sound designer
2017 Despicable Me 3 Re-recording mixer, executive sound consultant
2017 Ferdinand Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Toothless/Light Fury voices, sound designer
2019 Spies in Disguise Sound Designer, Re-recording mixer
2020 The Croods: A New Age Sound designer, ADR group
2020 The Witches Sound designer, re-recording mixer
2021 Vivo Sound designer, re-recording mixer, Additional Voices

Awards[]

Academy Awards[]

  • 2005 – Best Sound Editing, The Incredibles[3]
  • 1984 – Best Sound, The Right Stuff[4]

Nominations[]

  • 2016 – Best Sound Mixing, The Revenant[5]
  • 2008 – Best Sound, Ratatouille[6]
  • 2008 – Best Sound Editing, Ratatouille[6]
  • 2005 – Best Sound Editing, The Polar Express[3]
  • 2005 – Best Sound Mixing, The Polar Express[3]
  • 2005 – Best Sound Mixing, The Incredibles[3]
  • 2001 – Best Sound Mixing, Cast Away[7]
  • 1997 – Best Sound Mixing, Contact[8]
  • 1995 – Best Sound Effects Editing, Forrest Gump[9]
  • 1995 – Best Sound, Forrest Gump[9]
  • 1992 – Best Sound, Backdraft[10]
  • 1984 – Best Sound, Never Cry Wolf[4]
  • 1984 – Best Sound, Return of the Jedi[4]

British Academy Award (BAFTA)[]

2016 Best Sound - The Revenant[]

French Academy Award (César)[]

2019 Best Sound - The Wolf's Call[]

Honorary awards[]

  • 2010 Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Honoree.
  • 2014 Motion Picture Sound Editors Career Achievement Honoree
  • Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

References[]

  1. ^ "Bay Area Radio Drama". Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ 2010 CAS Career Achievement Speech Archived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  5. ^ "88th Academy Awards". Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  7. ^ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  8. ^ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  10. ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-22.

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