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Randy Thom

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Randy Thom

Born August 21, 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA110 films

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

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Thom started his film career by phone calls 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 he said he had been working for a radio station in Berkeley and wanted to work in film sound.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster7.8Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster7.7Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002Return of the Jedi poster7.9Return of the Jedi1983Ratatouille poster7.8Ratatouille2007The Incredibles poster7.7The Incredibles2004Apocalypse Now poster8.3Apocalypse Now1979How to Train Your Dragon poster7.9How to Train Your Dragon2010The Revenant poster7.5The Revenant2015

Filmography

110 films
  1. 2027Ice Age: Boiling PointSound
  2. 2026Forgotten IslandSound Designer
  3. 2025AnacondaSound Designer
  4. 2025SmurfsSound Designer
  5. 2025How to Train Your DragonSound Designer
  6. 2024HereSound Designer
  7. 2024The Wild RobotSound Designer
  8. 2023Ruby Gillman, Teenage KrakenSound Designer
  9. 2023The Super Mario Bros. MovieSound Designer
  10. 2022Wendell & WildSound Designer
  11. 2022PinocchioSound Designer
  12. 2021VivoSound Designer
  13. 2020The Midnight SkySound Designer
  14. 2020The Croods: A New AgeSound Designer
  15. 2020Roald Dahl's The WitchesSound Designer
  16. 2019Spies in DisguiseSound Designer
  17. 2019The Wolf's CallSound Designer
  18. 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldSound Designer
  19. 2018Welcome to MarwenSound Designer
  20. 2017FerdinandSound Re-Recording Mixer
  21. 2017Despicable Me 3Sound Re-Recording Mixer
  22. 2016AlliedSound Re-Recording Mixer
  23. 2016Ice Age: Collision CourseSound Designer
  24. 2015The RevenantSupervising Sound Editor
  25. 2015Cosmic Scrat-tastropheSound Designer
  26. 2015The Peanuts MovieSound Re-Recording Mixer
  27. 2015Crimson PeakSound Designer
  28. 2015The WalkSound Re-Recording Mixer
  29. 2015HomeSound Designer
  30. 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2Supervising Sound Editor
  31. 2014Rio 2Sound Re-Recording Mixer
  32. 2013Free BirdsSound Designer
  33. 2013After EarthSound Designer
  34. 2013EpicSound Re-Recording Mixer
  35. 2013The CroodsSound Designer
  36. 2012Ice Age: Continental DriftSound Re-Recording Mixer
  37. 2012The LoraxSound Re-Recording Mixer
  38. 2012FlightSound Designer
  39. 2012Journey 2: The Mysterious IslandSound Designer
  40. 2011RioSound Re-Recording Mixer
  41. 2011Mars Needs MomsSound Designer
  42. 2010The Last AirbenderSound Designer
  43. 2010How to Train Your DragonSound Designer
  44. 2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefSound Re-Recording Mixer
  45. 2009A Christmas CarolSound Re-Recording Mixer
  46. 2009Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursSound Re-Recording Mixer
  47. 2009CoralineSound Re-Recording Mixer
  48. 2008BoltSound Designer
  49. 2008Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaSound Designer
  50. 2008The Sky CrawlersSound
  51. 2008Horton Hears a Who!Sound Designer
  52. 2008Standard Operating ProcedureSound Designer
  53. 2007EnchantedSound Designer
  54. 2007BeowulfSound Designer
  55. 2007Bee MovieSound Designer
  56. 2007The Simpsons MovieSound Designer
  57. 2007RatatouilleSound Re-Recording Mixer
  58. 2006Monster HouseSound Designer
  59. 2006Zidane: A 21st Century PortraitSound Designer
  60. 2006Over the HedgeSound Mixer
  61. 2006Ice Age: The MeltdownSound Designer
  62. 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireSound Designer
  63. 2005War of the WorldsSound Designer
  64. 2004The Polar ExpressSound Re-Recording Mixer
  65. 2004The IncrediblesSupervising Sound Editor
  66. 2004Shrek 2Sound Designer
  67. 2004Shrek 3-DSound Designer
  68. 2004Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceSound Designer
  69. 2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of LifeSound Re-Recording Mixer
  70. 2003Darkness FallsSound Designer
  71. 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsSound Designer
  72. 2002WindtalkersSound Re-Recording Mixer
  73. 2001Osmosis JonesSound Designer
  74. 2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinSound Designer
  75. 2001AvalonSound Designer
  76. 2000Cast AwaySound Re-Recording Mixer
  77. 2000What Lies BeneathSound Designer
  78. 2000Reindeer GamesSound Designer
  79. 1999The Iron GiantSound Designer
  80. 1999Arlington RoadSound Re-Recording Mixer
  81. 1998StepmomSound Re-Recording Mixer
  82. 1997Starship TroopersSound Designer
  83. 1997ContactSound Designer
  84. 1996Mars Attacks!Sound Designer
  85. 1996Chain ReactionSound Designer
  86. 1996The FrightenersSound Designer
  87. 1995JumanjiSound Designer
  88. 1995Nine MonthsSound Designer
  89. 1995SpeciesSound Re-Recording Mixer
  90. 1994DisclosureSound Re-Recording Mixer
  91. 1994Miracle on 34th StreetSound Mixer
  92. 1994Forrest GumpSound Re-Recording Mixer
  93. 1991A Brief History of TimeSound Effects
  94. 1991BackdraftSound Re-Recording Mixer
  95. 1990Wild at HeartSound Designer
  96. 1990Cry-BabySound Re-Recording Mixer
  97. 1989Midnight MatineeSound Re-Recording Mixer
  98. 1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamSound Re-Recording Mixer
  99. 1988ColorsSound Designer
  100. 1987SpaceballsSound Designer
  101. 1987Gardens of StoneSound Re-Recording Mixer
  102. 1986Howard the DuckSound Designer
  103. 1985The Mean SeasonSound Re-Recording Mixer
  104. 1984The Ewok AdventureSound Designer
  105. 1983The Right StuffSound Re-Recording Mixer
  106. 1983Rumble FishSound Recordist
  107. 1983Return of the JediProduction Sound Mixer
  108. 1983KoyaanisqatsiSound Effects
  109. 1982listen...Production Sound Mixer
  110. 1979Apocalypse NowSound Recordist