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Randy Thom

Sound

Born August 21, 1951 · Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Also known as David Randall Thoms · David Randall Thom · Randall Thom

IMDbWikipedia

Biography

David Randall Thom is an American sound designer and the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2005
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 1984
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 2025 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 2016 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2008 · nominated
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  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 2008 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 2005 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 2005 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 2001 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 1998 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound Editing · 1995 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 1995 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Sound · 1984 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Forrest Gump

1994Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Wild Robot

2024as RECOs (voice)

Apocalypse Now

1979Sound Recordist

The Iron Giant

1999Sound Designer

How to Train Your Dragon

2025as Toothless (voice) (uncredited)

How to Train Your Dragon

2010as Toothless (voice) (uncredited)

Coraline

2009Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

1983Production Sound Mixer

Koyaanisqatsi

1982Sound Effects

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019as Toothless (voice)

Ratatouille

2007Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005Sound Designer

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014as Toothless (voice)

The Incredibles

2004Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002Sound Designer

Cast Away

2000Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023Sound Designer

Zenimation

2020Sound Designer

The Wolf's Call

2019Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor

Spies in Disguise

2019as Various Voices / Pigeon Voice (voice)

The Revenant

2015Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor

The Croods: A New Age

2020Sound Designer

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004Sound Designer

Contact

1997Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Right Stuff

1983Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Vivo

2021Sound Designer

Shrek 2

2004Sound Designer

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken

2023as Confetti Cannon (voice)

Ferdinand

2017Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor

Stepmom

1998Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jumanji

1995Sound Designer

A Brief History of Time

1991Sound Effects, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Starship Troopers

1997Sound Designer

The Walk

2015Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Peanuts Movie

2015as Various Voices (voice)

The Simpsons Movie

2007Sound Designer

Arlington Road

1999Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wild at Heart

1990Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rumble Fish

1983Sound Recordist

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019as Self

The Croods

2013as Sandy (voice)

Flight

2012as Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice)

A Christmas Carol

2009Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Frighteners

1996Sound Designer

Spaceballs

1987Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Allied

2016Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor

Home

2015Sound Designer

Rio

2011Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Standard Operating Procedure

2008Sound Designer