David Randall Thoms (born 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana [1]) is a sound designer, and the current Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound.
Career[]
Thom started his career with a spontaneous walk-in on the stereo mix session of American Graffiti. Thom introduced himself to Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, and Mark Berger. He simply stated, "Hi, I'm Randy. I've been working for a radio station in Berkeley, and I want to work in film sound."[2]
It was at this point that Murch gave Thom a chance to sit in on a few mix sessions. He would go on to work his first sound job for Apocalypse Now. His second 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.
In 2013 he joined the International Samobor Film Music Festival as a board member.[3]
In 2014 Thom received the prestigious MPSE Career Achievement Award at the 2014 Golden Reel Awards Gala in Los Angeles.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Post-production sound effects recordist
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| 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, sound 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, 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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Sound designer, sound re-recording mixer | |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (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, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor (uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2002 | Windtalkers | Supervising sound editor (uncredited), re-recording sound mixer | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited), 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2005 | Summer Belongs Movie | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Sound designer, re-recording mixer (uncredited), supervising sound editor | |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | Sound designer, sound mixing, supervising sound editor | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Sound mixing | |
| 2006 | Monster House | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2007 | The Fairly Oddparents: The Movie (faning film) | Sound design of the film, Supervising sound editor of the film, re-recording sound mixer of the film | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 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, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | Sound designer, sound re-recording mixer | ||
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Sound design consultant | |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2011 | Rio | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 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, 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, sound designer | |
| 2013 | Free Birds | re-recording mixer, sound designer | |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Sound designer, re-recording mixer | |
| 2014 | re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising sound editor | ||
| 2015 | Home | Supervising sound designer | |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | Re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor, additional voices: Snoopy vocals | |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2015 | The Walk | Sound designer, re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor | |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2016 | Pete's Dragon | Additional Supervising Sound Designer | |
| 2017 | Ferdinand | Sound designer, supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer | |
| 2018 | The JH Movie Collection Movie | Re-Recording Mixer | |
| 2018 | Sarcastics | supervising Sound designer | |
| 2019 | Steven Universe: The Movie | ADR Loop Group | |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | Sound designer, re-recording mixer |
Awards[]
Academy Awards[]
- 2005 – Best Sound Editing, The Incredibles[4]
- 1984 – Best Sound, The Right Stuff[5]
Nominations[]
- 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]
- 1997 – 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]
Honorary awards[]
- 2010 Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Honoree.
References[]
- ↑ "Bay Area Radio Drama". http://www.bardradio.com/randy_thom.html. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ↑ 2010 CAS Career Achievement Speech Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ http://www.isfmf.com/oscar-winner-randy-thom-joins-the-isfmf/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ↑ "88th Academy Awards". http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ↑ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/73rd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ↑ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ↑ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1992. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
External links[]
- Randy Thom at Skywalker Sound
- Randy Thom on IMDb
- https://randythomblog.wordpress.com/ (Randy Thom's blog)
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