Randy Thom
David Randall "Randy" Thom (* 1951 in Shreveport , Louisiana ) is an American sound designer and sound engineer who has won two Academy Awards .
Life
Thom began his career as a sound engineer at a radio station in Berkeley . In 1975 he introduced himself to Walter Murch while he was working on American graffiti . As a result, he got a job as a recording technician in the post-production of Apocalypse Now . From 1980 he worked in films by George Lucas and in 1983 got a permanent job at his Skywalker Sound . He worked with Robert Zemeckis , Francis Ford Coppola , Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton . In 1986 he participated in Mel Brooks ' Star Wars - parody Spaceballs with.
Thom was awarded two Oscars and received 14 other Oscar nominations. He has also received five Golden Reel Awards , was nominated for an Emmy and twice for the British BAFTA Award .
His older brother Harold Thom (1934-2013) was a well-known folk musician in Louisiana and Kentucky in the 1960s.
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: Apocalypse Now
- 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back)
- 1983: The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff)
- 1983: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi)
- 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- 1984: Star Trek III : The Search for Spock (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
- 1986: Howard - the Duck (Howard the Duck)
- 1986: Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (Spaceballs)
- 1988: Colors - Colors of violence (Colors)
- 1989: Always - The Fire Angel of Montana (Always)
- 1990: Wild at Heart - The Story of Sailor and Lula (Wild at Heart)
- 1991: Backdraft - Men Who Go Through Fire (Backdraft)
- 1994: The Miracle of Manhattan (Miracle on 34th Street)
- 1995: Jumanji
- 1995: Species
- 1996: Mars Attacks!
- 1997: Contact
- 1999: Arlington Road
- 1999: The Bicentennial Man
- 1999: The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
- 2000: Castaway - Lost (Castaway)
- 2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2003: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life)
- 2004: The Polar Express (The Polar Express)
- 2004: Shrek 2 - The daredevil hero returns (Shrek 2)
- 2004: The Incredibles (The Incredibles)
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2006: Ice Age 2 - Now thawing (Ice Age: The Meltdown)
- 2007: Ratatouille
- 2007: The Simpsons - The Movie (The Simpsons Movie)
- 2007: The Legend of Beowulf (Beowulf)
- 2008: Standard Operating Procedure
- 2008: Horton hears a who! (Horton Hears a Who!)
- 2008: Madagascar 2 (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)
- 2008: Bolt - a dog for all cases (Bolt)
- 2009: Coraline
- 2009: Ice Age 3 (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs)
- 2009: Disney's A Christmas Carol
- 2010: Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
- : 2010 to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
- 2010: The Legend of Aang (The Last Airbender)
- 2011: Milo and Mars (Mars needs Moms)
- 2011: Rio
- 2012: The Lorax (The Lorax)
- 2012: Flight
- 2013: The Croods (The Croods)
- 2013: Epic - Hidden Kingdom (Epic)
- 2013: Free Birds - Eat Us Another Day (Free Birds)
- 2014: Rio 2 - Jungle Fever (Rio 2)
- 2014: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (How to Train Your Dragon 2)
Awards
- 1984: Oscar for The Stuff the Heroes are made of
- 1984: Oscar nomination for When the Wolves Howl and Return of the Jedi
- 1986: Emmy nomination for Battle for Endor
- 1991: BAFTA nomination for Wild at Heart - The Story of Sailor and Lula
- 1992: Oscar nomination for Backdraft - Men Who Go Through Fire
- 1995: Oscar nomination for Forrest Gump
- 1998: Oscar nomination for Contact
- 2000: Golden Reel Award for The Giant from Space
- 2001: Golden Reel Award nomination for Cast away
- 2001: Oscar nomination for Cast away
- 2002: Golden Reel Award nomination for Final Fantasy - The Powers Within You
- 2003: BAFTA nomination for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2003: Golden Reel Award nomination for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2005: Golden Reel Award for The Incredibles
- 2005: Golden Reel Award nomination for Der Polarexpress and Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns
- 2005: Oscar for The Incredibles
- 2005: Oscar nominations for The Polar Express
- 2006: Golden Reel Award for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2007: Golden Reel Award nomination for Ice Age 2 - Now it's thawing
- 2008: Golden Reel Award for Ratatouille
- 2008: Golden Reel Award nomination for The Simpsons - The Movie
- 2008: Oscar nominations for Ratatouille
- 2009: Golden Reel Award nominations for Bolt - A Dog for All Occasions , Horton Hears a Who and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- 2010: Golden Reel Award nomination for Coraline
- 2011: Golden Reel Award for How to Train Your Dragon made easy
- 2012: Golden Reel Award nomination for Rio
- 2013: Golden Reel Award nomination for The Lorax
- 2014: MPSE Career Achievement Award
- 2014: Golden Reel Award for Epic
- 2014: Golden Reel Award nomination for The Croods
- 2015: Golden Reel Award nomination for How To Train Your Dragon 2
Web links
- Randy Thom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Randy Thom in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lisa King: Harold Thom: 1934-2013 - Famous folk singer, Saddlebred owner dies at 78. In: The Sentinel-News. May 31, 2013, accessed January 3, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thom, Randy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thom, David Randall |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer and sound designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shreveport , Louisiana |