# Randy Thom

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

## 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.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role |
| 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 |

## Awards
### 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)

* 2020 - Best Sound, The Wolf's Call