Randy Thom
- Sound Department
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Randy Thom started his career in radio and music recording before
making the transition to film in 1978, when he was hired on
Apocalypse Now (1979) as a sound
effects recordist. Since then, Thom has worked in a wide variety of
creative capacities within the sound department in over 175
films. For example, in addition to being the music mixer on
Star Wars: Episode VI - Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter (1983),
Thom was also the production sound mixer for all the footage shot in
the US. Since 1983, Thom has been on staff as a sound designer and
mixer at Lucasfilm's Skywalker Sound facility. He is part of a small
group of sound designers that are following in
Walter Murch and
Ben Burtt's footsteps in the continuing work
of turning motion picture sound into an art form and not simply a
series of technical processes. His work on a film often begins before
the film has started shooting, and becomes an integral part of the
storytelling and emotional impact of the film. Randy Thom has been part
of Robert Zemeckis' core creative team
ever since Forrest Gump (1994).
Through his career Thom has worked with such top Hollywood talents as
Walter Murch,
Francis Ford Coppola,
George Lucas,
Steven Spielberg,
Brad Bird,
Tim Burton,
Chris Columbus,
Mel Brooks and the Farrelly Brothers.
Thom has received two Academy Awards for sound,
Der Stoff aus dem die Helden sind (1983), and for sound editing,
Die Unglaublichen (2004). He has fifteen Oscar nominations.
