Randy Thom

David Randall Thoms (born 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana is a 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)
 * Star Wars T.I.E. (2000) (re-recording mixer)
 * Cast Away (2000) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Osmosis Jones (2001) (sound designer)
 * Mice Tales (2001) (re-recording mixer)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Jose Maldonado: The Biggest Movie Ever (2003) (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Ratatouille (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * The Simpsons Movie (2007) (sound design) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Kate & Chris (2007) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * A Christmas Carol (2009) (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)
 * Despicable Me (2010) (sound design consultant)
 * Alaina Gleen (2010) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Rio (2011) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Crystal: Coming of Darkness (2011) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * The Lorax (2012) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Little Lily (2012) (re-recording mixer)
 * Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Puppet Pals 3 (2012) (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) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Free Birds (2013) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer)
 * 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)
 * Home (2015) (supervising sound designer)
 * Crystal: The Lost Realms (2015) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * The Peanuts Movie (2015) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * 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)
 * Alaina Gleen: Imaginary Vacation (2017) (re-recording mixer)
 * Ferdinand (2017) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Cool Spot (2018) (re-recording mixer)
 * Puppet Pals Forever (2018) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) (supervising sound designer) / (supervising sound editor - uncredited)
 * Spies in Disguise (2019) (re-recording mixer) / (supervising sound designer)
 * Jose Maldonaldo: The Second Biggest Movie Ever (2020) (re-recording mixer) / (sound designer) / (supervising sound editor)
 * Sunnie 2 (2020) (additional sound design)
 * The Croods 2 (2020) (sound designer)
 * The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run (2021) (additional sound design)