RANDY THOM, Director of sound design Skywalker Sound
Randy Thom has been nominated for fourteen Oscars, an Emmy and a Grammy. He has received two Oscars: one for The Right Stuff, and one for The Incredibles. He is Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound, but still spends most of his time working on movies. His credits include: Apocalypse Now, Return of the Jedi, Never Cry Wolf, Wild at Heart, Forrest Gump, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Thin Blue Line, War of the Worlds, Coraline, How To Train Your Dragon, Ghost in the Shell, and Ratatouille.
He has worked with a diverse list of directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Bob Zemeckis, David Lynch, John Waters, Errol Morris, Henry Selick, Peter Jackson, Brad Bird, and Chris Wedge.
Randy is a long time proponent of the idea that sound design begins with a film’s script, that it should inform the way a film is shot, that it needs to be a part of a film’s DNA, not simply a decoration added in the last few weeks before the film is released.
Keynote speaker SIGGRAPH 2009.
Sound Design in Pre-Production
Randy Thom, Director of Sound Design for Skywalker Sound, will talk about ways sound professionals can contribute idea, and how doors can be opened to sound, during pre-production and production, that will help filmmakers use sound in the most creative ways. He will share clips from films where this kind of early collaboration has happened, Thom will illustrate how sound can shape a film.
Films Credits
2011 – Rio – re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising sound editor
2010 – L’ultimo dominatore dell’aria – re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2010 – Cattivissimo me – sound design consultant
2010 – Dragon Trainer – sound designer, supervising sound editor, supervising sound mixer
2010 – Percy Jackson e gli dei dell’Olimpo: Il ladro di fulmini – supervising re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2009 – A Christmas Carol – supervising re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2009 – L’era glaciale 3 – L’alba dei dinosauri – re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2009 – Coraline e la Porta Magica – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2008 – Bolt – Un eroe a quattro zampe – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2008 – Madagascar 2 – Via dall’isola – sound designer
2008 – Glago’s Guest (short) – sound designer
2008 – Ortone e il mondo dei Chi – re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising sound editor
2008 – Standard Operating Procedure – La verità dell’orrore (documentary) – sound designer
2007 – La leggenda di Beowulf – supervising sound designer, supervising sound mixer
2007 – Bee Movie – sound designer
2007 – Come d’incanto – supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor, supervising sound mixer
2007 – I Simpson – Il film – sound designer
2007 – Ratatouille – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2006 – Eragon – supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor, supervising sound mixer
2006 – Scarface: The World Is Yours (Video Game) – sound designer
2006 – Monster House – supervising sound designer, supervising sound editor, supervising sound mixer
2006 – Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (documentary) – sound designer
2006 – La gang del bosco – supervising re-recording mixer
2006 – L’era glaciale 2 – Il disgelo – re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising sound editor
2005 – Harry Potter e il calice di fuoco – sound designer, supervising sound editor
2005 – La guerra dei mondi – sound designer
2004 – Gli incredibili – re-recording mixer, sound designer, supervising mixer
2004 – Polar Express – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2004 – Shrek 2 – sound designer
2004/I – Innocence – sound designer
2003 – Lara Croft tomb raider: La culla della vita – re-recording mixer, supervising sound designer
2003 – Shrek 4-D (short) – sound designer
2003 – Al calare delle tenebre – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2002 – Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti – sound designer – as David Randall Thom, sound supervisor – as David Randall Thom
2002 – Windtalkers – supervising re-recording mixer
2001 – Osmosis Jones – sound designer
2001 – Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2001 – Avalon – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2000 – Cast Away – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2000 – Le verità nascoste – re-recording mixer, sound designer
2000 – Trappola criminale – sound designer
1999 – L’uomo bicentenario – sound designer, sound re-recording mixer
1999 – La neve cade sui cedri – re-recording mixer
1999 – In Too Deep – additional sound designer
1999 – Il gigante di ferro – sound designer
1999 – Arlington Road – L’inganno – sound designer, supervising re-recording mixer
1999 – Piovuta dal cielo – sound designer
1998 – Nemiche amiche – re-recording mixer
1998 – Plug (short) – sound designer
1997 – Starship Troopers – Fanteria dello spazio – sound designer
1997 – Mimic – sound designer
1997- Contact – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1996 – Mars Attacks! – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1996 – Reazione a catena – sound designer
1996 – Sospesi nel tempo – sound designer, supervising re-recording mixer
1995 – Jumanji – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1995 – Nine months – imprevisti d’amore – sound designer
1995 – Specie mortale – re-recording mixer
1994 – Rivelazioni – re-recording mixer
1994 – Miracolo nella 34ma strada – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1994 – Forrest Gump – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1994 – Yellowstone (documentary short) – sound designer
1993 – George Balanchine lo schiaccianoci – sound designer
1993 – Fort Washington – vita da cani – re-recording mixer
1993 – Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau – supervising re-recording mixer: US release
1993 – La voce del silenzio – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1993 – In fuga a quattro zampe – additional sound
1993 – Hidden Hawaii (documentary short) – sound designer
1991 – La collina del demonio – sound designer
1991 – Dal big bang ai buchi neri (documentary) – sound effects, supervising re-recording mixer
1991 – Fuoco assassino – re-recording mixer
1990 – Cuore selvaggio – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1990 – Cry Baby – re-recording mixer
1990 – Una notte un cane un sogno – supervising re-recording mixer
1989 – Always per sempre – foley artist, re-recording mixer
1988 – La sottile linea blu (documentary) – sound re-recording consultant
1988 – Tucker, un uomo e il suo sogno – re-recording mixer
1988 – Colors – colori di guerra – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1988 – Lo strizzacervelli – sound mixer
1987 – Balle spaziali – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1987 – Giardini di pietra – re-recording mixer
1986 – Howard… e il destino del mondo – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1985 – Star Wars: Il ritorno degli Ewoks (TV movie) – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1985 – Latino – sound designer, supervising mixer
1985 – Maledetta estate – re-recording mixer
1984 – Star Wars: L’avventura degli Ewoks (TV movie) – re-recording mixer, sound designer
1984 – Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (documentary short) – sound, sound designer, supervising mixer
1984 – Star trek III: alla ricerca di Spock – additional sound effects
1984 – Indiana Jones e il tempio maledetto – re-recording mixer
1983 – Uomini veri – re-recording mixer
1983 – Rusty il selvaggio – production sound mixer, sound effects recordist
1983 – Mai gridare al lupo – sound mixer
1983 – Il ritorno dello Jedi – production sound, re-recording mixer
1982 – Koyaanisqatsi (documentary) – sound effects recordist
1980 – L’impero colpisce ancora – sound effects recording
1979 – Apocalypse Now – post-production sound recordist
