Randy Thom

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Thom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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The Wild Robot

(2024) Sound Designer

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Coraline

(2009) Sound Designer

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie

(2023) Sound Designer

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

(2002) Sound Designer

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

(2005) Sound Designer

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Ratatouille

(2007) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Shrek 2

(2004) Sound Designer

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Forrest Gump

(1994) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	RECOs (voice)	The Wild Robot 2024-09-12 Movie
2023	Confetti Cannon (voice)	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 2023-06-28 Movie
2019	Various Voices / Pigeon Voice (voice)	Spies in Disguise 2019-12-04 Movie
	Self	Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 2019-10-25 Movie
2015	Various Voices (voice)	The Peanuts Movie 2015-11-05 Movie
2014	Toothless (voice)	How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014-06-05 Movie
	Logging Foreman (voice)	Rio 2 2014-03-19 Movie
2013	Additional Voices (voice)	Epic 2013-05-15 Movie
	Sandy Crood (voice)	The Croods 2013-03-15 Movie
2012	Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice)	Flight 2012-11-02 Movie
2008	Self	Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock 2008-10-07 Movie
	Self	Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock 2008-10-07 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Sound Designer	Elio 2025-06-12 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Elio 2025-06-12 Movie
2024	Sound Designer	Here 2024-10-31 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Wild Robot 2024-09-12 Movie
2023	Sound Designer	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 2023-06-28 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023-04-05 Movie
2022	Sound Designer	Wendell & Wild 2022-10-21 Movie
	Sound Designer	Pinocchio 2022-09-07 Movie
2021	Sound Designer	Vivo 2021-07-30 Movie
2020	Sound Designer	The Croods: A New Age 2020-11-25 Movie
	Sound Designer	Roald Dahl's The Witches 2020-10-26 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Roald Dahl's The Witches 2020-10-26 Movie
	Sound Designer	Zenimation 2020-05-22 TV Show
2019	Sound Designer	Spies in Disguise 2019-12-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Spies in Disguise 2019-12-04 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Wolf's Call 2019-02-20 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Wolf's Call 2019-02-20 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019-01-03 Movie
	Sound Designer	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019-01-03 Movie
2018	Sound Designer	Welcome to Marwen 2018-12-21 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Welcome to Marwen 2018-12-21 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Welcome to Marwen 2018-12-21 Movie
2017	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ferdinand 2017-12-09 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ferdinand 2017-12-09 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Ferdinand 2017-12-09 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Despicable Me 3 2017-06-15 Movie
2016	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ice Age: Collision Course 2016-06-23 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ice Age: Collision Course 2016-06-23 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Ice Age: Collision Course 2016-06-23 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Allied 2016-02-12 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Allied 2016-02-12 Movie
2015	Supervising Sound Editor	The Revenant 2015-12-25 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Revenant 2015-12-25 Movie
	Sound Designer	Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe 2015-11-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe 2015-11-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Peanuts Movie 2015-11-05 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Peanuts Movie 2015-11-05 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Peanuts Movie 2015-11-05 Movie
	Sound Designer	Crimson Peak 2015-10-13 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Crimson Peak 2015-10-13 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Walk 2015-09-30 Movie
	Sound Designer	Home 2015-03-18 Movie
2014	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014-06-05 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014-06-05 Movie
	Sound Designer	How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014-06-05 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Rio 2 2014-03-19 Movie
2013	Sound Designer	After Earth 2013-05-30 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Epic 2013-05-15 Movie
	Sound Designer	Epic 2013-05-15 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Croods 2013-03-15 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Croods 2013-03-15 Movie
2012	Sound Designer	Flight 2012-11-02 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012-06-27 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012-06-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012-06-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Lorax 2012-03-01 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Lorax 2012-03-01 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Lorax 2012-03-01 Movie
	Sound Designer	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2012-01-19 Movie
2011	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Rio 2011-04-03 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Rio 2011-04-03 Movie
	Sound Designer	Rio 2011-04-03 Movie
	Sound Designer	Mars Needs Moms 2011-03-09 Movie
2010	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Last Airbender 2010-06-30 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Last Airbender 2010-06-30 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Last Airbender 2010-06-30 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	How to Train Your Dragon 2010-03-18 Movie
	Sound Designer	How to Train Your Dragon 2010-03-18 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	How to Train Your Dragon 2010-03-18 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010-02-01 Movie
2009	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	A Christmas Carol 2009-11-04 Movie
	Sound Designer	A Christmas Carol 2009-11-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009-06-26 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009-06-26 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Coraline 2009-02-05 Movie
	Sound Designer	Coraline 2009-02-05 Movie
2008	Sound Designer	Bolt 2008-11-21 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Bolt 2008-11-21 Movie
	Sound Designer	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008-10-30 Movie
	Sound	The Sky Crawlers 2008-08-02 Movie
	Sound Designer	Horton Hears a Who! 2008-03-03 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Horton Hears a Who! 2008-03-03 Movie
	Sound Designer	Standard Operating Procedure 2008-02-12 Movie
2007	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Enchanted 2007-11-20 Movie
	Sound Designer	Enchanted 2007-11-20 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Enchanted 2007-11-20 Movie
	Sound Designer	Beowulf 2007-11-05 Movie
	Sound Designer	Bee Movie 2007-10-28 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Simpsons Movie 2007-07-25 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ratatouille 2007-06-21 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ratatouille 2007-06-21 Movie
2006	Supervising Sound Editor	Monster House 2006-06-30 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Monster House 2006-06-30 Movie
	Sound Designer	Monster House 2006-06-30 Movie
	Sound Designer	Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait 2006-05-24 Movie
	Sound Mixer	Over the Hedge 2006-05-17 Movie
	Sound Mixer	Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006-03-29 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006-03-29 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006-03-29 Movie
2005	Sound Designer	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005-11-16 Movie
	Sound Designer	War of the Worlds 2005-06-28 Movie
2004	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Polar Express 2004-11-10 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Polar Express 2004-11-10 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Incredibles 2004-10-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Incredibles 2004-10-27 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Incredibles 2004-10-27 Movie
	Sound Designer	Shrek 2 2004-05-19 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Ghost of Lord Farquaad 2004-04-03 Movie
	Sound Designer	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004-03-06 Movie
2003	Sound Designer	Darkness Falls 2003-01-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Darkness Falls 2003-01-24 Movie
2002	Sound Designer	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002-11-13 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Windtalkers 2002-06-14 Movie
2001	Sound Designer	Osmosis Jones 2001-08-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001-07-02 Movie
	Sound Designer	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001-07-02 Movie
	Sound Designer	Avalon 2001-01-20 Movie
2000	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Cast Away 2000-12-22 Movie
	Sound Designer	What Lies Beneath 2000-07-21 Movie
	Sound Designer	Reindeer Games 2000-02-25 Movie
1999	Sound Designer	The Iron Giant 1999-08-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Arlington Road 1999-03-19 Movie
	Sound Designer	Arlington Road 1999-03-19 Movie
1998	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Stepmom 1998-12-25 Movie
1997	Sound Designer	Starship Troopers 1997-11-07 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Contact 1997-07-11 Movie
	Sound Designer	Contact 1997-07-11 Movie
1996	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Mars Attacks! 1996-12-13 Movie
	Sound Designer	Mars Attacks! 1996-12-13 Movie
	Sound Designer	Chain Reaction 1996-08-02 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Frighteners 1996-07-18 Movie
1995	Sound Designer	Jumanji 1995-12-15 Movie
	Sound Designer	Nine Months 1995-07-12 Movie
1994	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Disclosure 1994-12-09 Movie
	Sound Mixer	Miracle on 34th Street 1994-11-18 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Miracle on 34th Street 1994-11-18 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Forrest Gump 1994-06-23 Movie
1991	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	A Brief History of Time 1991-10-01 Movie
	Sound Effects	A Brief History of Time 1991-10-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Backdraft 1991-05-24 Movie
1990	Sound Designer	Wild at Heart 1990-08-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Wild at Heart 1990-08-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Cry-Baby 1990-04-06 Movie
1988	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988-08-12 Movie
	Sound Designer	Colors 1988-04-15 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Colors 1988-04-15 Movie
1987	Sound Designer	Spaceballs 1987-06-24 Movie
1986	Sound Designer	Howard the Duck 1986-08-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Howard the Duck 1986-08-01 Movie
1985	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Mean Season 1985-02-15 Movie
1983	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Right Stuff 1983-10-20 Movie
	Sound Recordist	Rumble Fish 1983-10-09 Movie
	Sound Effects	Koyaanisqatsi 1983-04-27 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Thanks	Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait 2006-05-24 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv