Randy Thom
Sound·August 21, 1951 — 74 years old·Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951) is an American sound designer and the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.
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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Known For
Forrest Gump
1994·8.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002·7.7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005·7.8
The Revenant
2015·7.5
The Incredibles
2004·7.7
Ratatouille
2007·7.8
Return of the Jedi
1983·7.9
How to Train Your Dragon
2010·7.9
Shrek 2
2004·7.3
Cast Away
2000·7.7
Jumanji
1995·7.2
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023·7.6
Filmography · 116
2027Ice Age: Boiling PointSound2026Forgotten IslandSound Designer2025AnacondaSound Designer2025SmurfsSound Designer2025How to Train Your DragonToothless (voice) (uncredited) · Sound Designer2024HereSound Designer2024The Wild RobotRECOs (voice) · Sound Designer2023Ruby Gillman, Teenage KrakenConfetti Cannon (voice) · Sound Designer2023The Super Mario Bros. MovieSound Designer2022Wendell & WildSound Designer2022PinocchioSound Designer2021VivoSound Designer2020The Midnight SkySound Designer2020The Croods: A New AgeSound Designer2020Roald Dahl's The WitchesSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2020ZenimationTVSound Designer2019Spies in DisguiseVarious Voices / Pigeon Voice (voice) · Sound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2019Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic SoundSelf2019The Wolf's CallSound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldToothless (voice) · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Designer2018Welcome to MarwenSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Supervising Sound Editor2017FerdinandSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2017Despicable Me 3Sound Re-Recording Mixer2016AlliedSound Re-Recording Mixer · Supervising Sound Editor2016Ice Age: Collision CourseHyrax Minister (voice) · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015The RevenantSupervising Sound Editor · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2015Cosmic Scrat-tastropheSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2015The Peanuts MovieVarious Voices (voice) · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2015Crimson PeakSound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2015The WalkSound Re-Recording Mixer2015HomeSound Designer2014How to Train Your Dragon 2Toothless (voice) · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Designer2014Rio 2Logging Foreman (voice) · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2013Free BirdsSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2013After EarthSound Designer2013EpicAdditional Voices (voice) · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2013The CroodsSandy (voice) · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2012Ice Age: Continental DriftAdditonal Voices (voice) · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Designer2012The LoraxSupervising Sound Editor · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2012FlightRadio Stock Market Reporter (voice) · Sound Designer2012Journey 2: The Mysterious IslandSound Designer2011RioSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2011Mars Needs MomsSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2010The Last AirbenderSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Supervising Sound Editor2010How to Train Your DragonToothless (voice) (uncredited) · Sound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2009A Christmas CarolSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2009Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2009CoralineSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2008BoltSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2008Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaSound Designer2008Breaking Barriers: The Sound of HitchcockSelf2008Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of HitchcockSelf2008The Sky CrawlersSound2008Horton Hears a Who!Sound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2008Standard Operating ProcedureSound Designer2007EnchantedSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2007BeowulfSound Designer2007Bee MovieSound Designer2007The Simpsons MovieSound Designer2007RatatouilleSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2006Monster HouseSound Re-Recording Mixer · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Designer2006Zidane: A 21st Century PortraitThanks · Sound Designer2006Over the HedgeSound Mixer2006Ice Age: The MeltdownSound Mixer · Sound Designer · Supervising Sound Editor2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireSound Designer2005More Making of 'The Incredibles'Self2005War of the WorldsSound Designer2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart2004The Polar ExpressSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2004The IncrediblesSupervising Sound Editor · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2004Shrek 2Sound Designer2004Shrek 3-DSound Designer2004Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceSound Designer2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of LifeSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer2003Darkness FallsSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsSound Designer2002WindtalkersSound Re-Recording Mixer2001Osmosis JonesSound Designer2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer2001AvalonSound Designer2000Cast AwaySound Re-Recording Mixer2000What Lies BeneathSound Designer2000Reindeer GamesSound Designer1999The Iron GiantSound Designer1999Arlington RoadSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer1998StepmomSound Re-Recording Mixer1997Starship TroopersSound Designer1997ContactSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer1996Mars Attacks!Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer1996Chain ReactionSound Designer1996The FrightenersSound Designer1995JumanjiSound Designer1995Nine MonthsSound Designer1995SpeciesSound Re-Recording Mixer1994DisclosureSound Re-Recording Mixer1994Miracle on 34th StreetSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Mixer1994Forrest GumpSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer1991A Brief History of TimeSound Effects · Sound Re-Recording Mixer1991BackdraftSound Re-Recording Mixer1990Wild at HeartSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer1990Cry-BabySound Re-Recording Mixer1988Midnight MatineeSound Re-Recording Mixer1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamSound Re-Recording Mixer1988ColorsSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer1987SpaceballsSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer1987Gardens of StoneSound Re-Recording Mixer1986Howard the DuckSound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound Designer1985The Mean SeasonSound Re-Recording Mixer1984The Ewok AdventureSound Designer · Sound Re-Recording Mixer1983The Right StuffSound Re-Recording Mixer1983Rumble FishSound Recordist1983Return of the JediProduction Sound Mixer1983KoyaanisqatsiSound Effects1982listen...Production Sound Mixer · Sound Effects1979Apocalypse NowSound Recordist