Randy Thom

David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951) is an American 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."

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.

In 2013, he joined the International Samobor Film Music Festival as a board member.

In 2014, Thom received the prestigious MPSE Career Achievement Award at the 2014 Golden Reel Awards Gala in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

 * Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (re-recording mixer)
 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (re-recording mixer)
 * Backdraft (1991) (re-recording mixer)
 * Forrest Gump (1994) (re-recording mixer) / (sound: design) / (sound effects recordist - uncredited) / (sound supervisor - uncredited)
 * Jumanji (1995) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Mars Attacks! (1996) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Starship Troopers (1997) (sound designer)
 * The Iron Giant (1999) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Cast Away (2000) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Osmosis Jones (2001) (sound designer)
 * Nepola (2002) (sound designer)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Jeremy Monroe: The Biggest Movie Ever (2003) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited) / (voice role: Man In Theater)
 * Shrek 2 (2004) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * The Polar Express (2004) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * The Incredibles (2004) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out (2005) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) (sound designer) / (sound mixing) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Over the Hedge (2006) (sound mixing)
 * Puppet Pals (2006) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Monster House (2006) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited) / (supervising sound mixer)
 * The Princess and the Pied Piper (2006) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Eragon (2006) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Nepola II (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Ant-N-Grasshopper (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Ratatouille (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * The Simpsons Movie (2007) (sound design) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Upside Mystery (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Kate & Chris (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * M.I.S.S.I.O.N. (2007) (sound designer)
 * Bee Movie (2007) (sound designer)
 * Beowulf (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * Enchanted (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Horton Hears a Who! (2008) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Dusk and Dawn 2 (2008) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Puppet Pals 4-D (2008; Theme park short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) (sound designer)
 * Bolt (2008) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Crystal (2008) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Coraline (2009) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * The Laytons (2009) (sound designer) / (sound mixing) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * A Christmas Carol (2009) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * How to Train Your Dragon (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Puppet Pals 2 (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * The Last Airbender (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Despicable Me (2010) (sound design consultant)
 * Upside Mystery 2 (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * The Mushies: Operation Xmas (2010; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Alaina Gleen (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (2010; short film) (re-recording mixer - uncredited) / (sound designer - uncredited) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Mars Needs Moms (2011) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Rio (2011) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Camp Toby (2011; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Crystal: Coming of Darkness (2011) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2 (2011; short film) (re-recording mixer - uncredited) / (sound designer - uncredited) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * The Lorax (2012) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Little Lily (2012) (sound design consultant)
 * Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Flight (2012) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Alaina Gleen's Imaginary Christmas (2012; TV special) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Puppet Pals 3 (2013) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * The Croods (2013) (ADR group) / (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited) / (voice role: Sandy)
 * Epic (2013) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Alaina Gleen 2 (2013) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor) / (additional voices)
 * Free Birds (2013) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * A Puppet Pals Christmas (2013; TV special) (re-recording mixer: Mushies and Camp Toby segments) / (sound designer: Mushies and Camp Toby segments) / (additional voices)
 * Rio 2 (2014) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Alaina's School Daze (2014; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Home (2015) (supervising sound designer)
 * Crystal: The Lost Realms (2015) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * The Walk (2015) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * The Peanuts Movie (2015) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015; short film) (re-recording mixer - uncredited) / (sound designer - uncredited)
 * The Revenant (2015) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Alien Pet (2016; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * The Pixelators (2016) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Despicable Me 3 (2017) (re-recording mixer)
 * Miss Nature (2017; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Ferdinand (2017) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Puppet Pals Forever (2018) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor) / (additional voices)
 * Super Peppy (2018; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Welcome to Marwen (2018) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Kirby (2018) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (voice role: Various Voices)
 * How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Abominable (2019) (special thanks)
 * EXTREME Party Elephant (2019; short film) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (additional voices)
 * Spies in Disguise (2019) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * The Pixelators: Level Two (2020) (sound design consultant)
 * Ruby Rivest: Time of Power (2020) (sound designer) / (re-recording mixer)
 * The Witches (2020) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * The Croods: A New Age (2020) (ADR group) / (sound designer)
 * The Midnight Sky (2020) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Alaina Gleen: World's Most Wanted (2021) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Vivo (2021) (sound designer) / (re-recording mixer) / (additional voices)
 * Twentieth Toons: Quest for the Toon Temple (2022) (sound designer) / (additional voices)
 * Pinocchio (2022) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms (2022) (sound design consultant)
 * Wendell & Wild (2022) (sound designer)
 * The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) (sound designer)
 * The Pixelators: Supercharged (2023) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)