Randy Thom

SoundActorCrew Aug 21 (age 74) Shreveport, Louisiana, USA 1979–2027 (48 year career)

6.8 avg rating

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 c…

Known For

Film

Forrest Gump

Sound Designer

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sound Designer

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Sound Designer

Film

Ratatouille

Sound Designer

Film

Return of the Jedi

Production Sound Mixer

Film

The Incredibles

Sound Designer

Film

Apocalypse Now

Sound Recordist

Film

How to Train Your Dragon

Toothless (voice) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (19)

Movies (19)

How to Train Your Dragon

2025

as Toothless (voice) (uncredited)

7.9

The Wild Robot

2024

as RECOs (voice)

8.3

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023

as Confetti Cannon (voice)

7.2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

as Toothless (voice)

7.8

Spies in Disguise

2019

as Various Voices / Pigeon Voice (voice)

7.6

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

as Self

6.8

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016

as Hyrax Minister (voice)

6.1

The Peanuts Movie

2015

as Various Voices (voice)

7.0

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

as Toothless (voice)

7.7

Rio 2

2014

as Logging Foreman (voice)

The Croods

as Sandy (voice)

Epic

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.6

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012

as Additonal Voices (voice)

6.4

Flight

2012

as Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice)

6.9

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

as Toothless (voice) (uncredited)

7.9

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

2008

as Self

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

2008

as Self

More Making of 'The Incredibles'

2005

as Self

6.0

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

2004

Crew (171)

Movies (170)

Ice Age: Boiling Point

2027 Upcoming

Sound

Feb 4

Anaconda

2025

Sound Designer

5.9

How to Train Your Dragon

Sound Designer

Smurfs

Sound Designer

The Wild Robot

Sound Designer

Here

Sound Designer

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023

Sound Designer

7.6

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Sound Designer

Pinocchio

Sound Designer

Wendell & Wild

Sound Designer

Vivo

Sound Designer

The Croods: A New Age

2020

Sound Designer

7.4

Roald Dahl's The Witches

2020

Sound Designer

6.3

Roald Dahl's The Witches

2020

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.3

The Midnight Sky

2020

Sound Designer

5.7

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

Sound Designer

7.8

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

Supervising Sound Editor

Spies in Disguise

Sound Designer

Spies in Disguise

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Wolf's Call

Sound Designer

The Wolf's Call

Supervising Sound Editor

Welcome to Marwen

Sound Designer

Welcome to Marwen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.5

Welcome to Marwen

2018

Supervising Sound Editor

6.5

Despicable Me 3

2017

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ferdinand

Sound Designer

Ferdinand

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.2

Ferdinand

2017

Supervising Sound Editor

7.2

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016

Sound Designer

6.1

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.1

Ice Age: Collision Course

2016

Supervising Sound Editor

6.1

Allied

2016

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.8

Allied

2016

Supervising Sound Editor

6.8

The Revenant

2015

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.5

The Revenant

2015

Supervising Sound Editor

Home

Sound Designer

Crimson Peak

Sound Designer

Crimson Peak

Supervising Sound Editor

The Peanuts Movie

Sound Designer

The Peanuts Movie

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.0

The Peanuts Movie

2015

Supervising Sound Editor

7.0

The Walk

2015

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.0

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

2015

Sound Designer

6.5

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

2015

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.5

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Sound Designer

7.7

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.7

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Supervising Sound Editor

7.7

Rio 2

2014

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Croods

Sound Designer

The Croods

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Epic

Sound Designer

Epic

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Free Birds

Sound Designer

Free Birds

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

5.9

After Earth

2013

Sound Designer

5.2

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012

Sound Designer

6.4

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.4

Ice Age: Continental Drift

2012

Supervising Sound Editor

The Lorax

Sound Designer

The Lorax

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.5

The Lorax

2012

Supervising Sound Editor

6.5

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Sound Designer

Flight

Sound Designer

Rio

Sound Designer

Rio

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.8

Rio

2011

Supervising Sound Editor

6.8

Mars Needs Moms

2011

Sound Designer

6.0

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Sound Designer

7.9

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.9

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Supervising Sound Editor

7.9

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010

Sound Designer

6.2

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Last Airbender

Sound Designer

The Last Airbender

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

4.6

The Last Airbender

2010

Supervising Sound Editor

Coraline

Sound Designer

Coraline

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.9

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009

Sound Designer

6.8

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

A Christmas Carol

Sound Designer

A Christmas Carol

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.9

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Sound Designer

Horton Hears a Who!

Sound Designer

Horton Hears a Who!

Supervising Sound Editor

Bolt

Sound Designer

Bolt

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.5

The Sky Crawlers

2008

Sound

6.7

Standard Operating Procedure

Sound Designer

Ratatouille

Sound Designer

Ratatouille

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bee Movie

Sound Designer

Enchanted

Sound Designer

Enchanted

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.8

Enchanted

2007

Supervising Sound Editor

The Simpsons Movie

Sound Designer

Beowulf

Sound Designer

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Sound Designer

6.7

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Sound Mixer

6.7

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Supervising Sound Editor

Monster House

Sound Designer

Monster House

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.7

Monster House

2006

Supervising Sound Editor

6.7

Over the Hedge

2006

Sound Mixer

6.6

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

2006

Sound Designer

5.8

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

2006

Thanks

5.8

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sound Designer

War of the Worlds

Sound Designer

The Incredibles

Sound Designer

The Incredibles

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.7

The Incredibles

2004

Supervising Sound Editor

Shrek 2

Sound Designer

The Polar Express

Sound Designer

The Polar Express

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.7

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Sound Designer

Shrek 3-D

Sound Designer

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003

Sound Designer

5.8

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Darkness Falls

Sound Designer

Darkness Falls

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

5.6

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Sound Designer

7.7

Windtalkers

2002

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.3

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

Sound Designer

6.2

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Osmosis Jones

Sound Designer

Avalon

Sound Designer

Cast Away

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

What Lies Beneath

Sound Designer

Reindeer Games

Sound Designer

The Iron Giant

Sound Designer

Arlington Road

Sound Designer

Arlington Road

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.0

Stepmom

1998

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Starship Troopers

Sound Designer

Contact

Sound Designer

Contact

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mars Attacks!

Sound Designer

Mars Attacks!

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Frighteners

Sound Designer

Chain Reaction

Sound Designer

Jumanji

Sound Designer

Nine Months

Sound Designer

Forrest Gump

Sound Designer

Forrest Gump

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

8.5

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

Sound Mixer

6.8

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.8

Disclosure

1994

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.2

Backdraft

1991

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.7

A Brief History of Time

1991

Sound Effects

7.2

Cry-Baby

1990

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wild at Heart

Sound Designer

Wild at Heart

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

7.0

Midnight Matinee

1988

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Colors

Sound Designer

Colors

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.5

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Spaceballs

Sound Designer

Spaceballs

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

6.9

Gardens of Stone

1987

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Howard the Duck

Sound Designer

Howard the Duck

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

5.4

The Mean Season

1985

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

The Ewok Adventure

Sound Designer

The Ewok Adventure

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

5.9

Return of the Jedi

1983

Production Sound Mixer

7.9

The Right Stuff

1983

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Koyaanisqatsi

Sound Effects

Rumble Fish

Sound Recordist

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Production Sound Mixer

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1982

Sound Effects

Apocalypse Now

1979

Sound Recordist

8.3

Television (1)

Zenimation

2020

Sound Designer

7.4