Randy Thom

Sound

Born: 1951-08-21

From: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

David Randall ThomsDavid Randall ThomRandall 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.

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Awards & Nominations2 won · 16 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

The Wild Robot

2025

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

The Revenant

2016

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Ratatouille

2008

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Ratatouille

2008

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

The Incredibles

2005

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

The Polar Express

2005

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

The Incredibles

2005

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

The Polar Express

2005

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

The Incredibles

2005

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Cast Away

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Contact

1998

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Q134773

1995

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Q134773

1995

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Backdraft

1992

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Sound

The Right Stuff

1984

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

1984

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Never Cry Wolf

1984

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

The Right Stuff

1984

Acting19 titles

8.3

Cartoon

The Wild Robot

2024Drama

7.9

Cartoon

Randy Thom

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations2 won · 16 nominated

Acting19 titles

The Wild Robot

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Spies in Disguise

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

The Peanuts Movie

The Croods

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Flight

Epic

Rio 2

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Collision Course

More Making of 'The Incredibles'

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Sound111 titles

Forrest Gump

The Wild Robot

Apocalypse Now

The Iron Giant

How to Train Your Dragon

Koyaanisqatsi

Coraline

How to Train Your Dragon

Return of the Jedi

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Ratatouille

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

The Incredibles

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Cast Away

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Spies in Disguise

The Revenant

The Wolf's Call

The Croods: A New Age

Contact

The Right Stuff

Zenimation

Vivo

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Shrek 2

A Brief History of Time

Stepmom

Ferdinand

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Jumanji

Starship Troopers

Arlington Road

The Simpsons Movie

The Walk

The Peanuts Movie

Wild at Heart

Rumble Fish

The Croods

Flight

A Christmas Carol

Spaceballs

The Frighteners

Standard Operating Procedure

Enchanted

Miracle on 34th Street

Home

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Rio

Allied

Monster House

The Sky Crawlers

Crimson Peak