Randy Thom | |
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| Born | David Randall Thom August 21, 1951 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sound Design |
| Years active | 1971–present |
David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951[1]) is an American sound designer and the current director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.
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Oscar-winning Hollywood sound designer visits University Film Institute.
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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 won two: one for Best Sound (for The Right Stuff) and one for Best Sound Editing (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 |
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| 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
Academy Awards
- 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
- 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)
- 2016 - Best Sound, The Revenant
French Academy Awards (César)
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
- ^ "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
- Randy Thom at Skywalker Sound
- Randy Thom at IMDb
- https://randythomblog.wordpress.com/ (Randy Thom's blog)
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This page was last edited on 21 January 2024, at 23:42