Randy has been nominated for fifteen Oscars, an Emmy and a Grammy. He has received two Oscars: one for The Right Stuff, and one for The Incredibles. Randy was honored with the C.A.S. Career Achievement Award in 2010 and the MPSE Career Achievement Award in 2014. His career in radio and music recording made the transition to film industry in 1975, when he was hired on Apocalypse Now (1979) as a sound effects recordist.
Academy Awards
Best Sound
Best Sound Editing
Known For
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
(2023)
Sound Designer
Allied
(2016)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor
Forrest Gump
(1994)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
Sound Designer
Coraline
(2009)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
Shrek 2
(2004)
Sound Designer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005)
Sound Designer
Ratatouille
(2007)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
The Lorax
(2012)
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, and Supervising Sound Editor
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Sound Designer
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(2014)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Despicable Me 3
(2017)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Incredibles
(2004)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ice Age: The Meltdown
(2006)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Mixer
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
(2010)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Full Filmography
Sound
Koyaanisqatsi
(1983)
Sound Effects
The Right Stuff
(1983)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rumble Fish
(1983)
Sound Recordist
The Mean Season
(1985)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Howard the Duck
(1986)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Spaceballs
(1987)
Sound Designer
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(1988)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Colors
(1988)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wild at Heart
(1990)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cry-Baby
(1990)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Backdraft
(1991)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
A Brief History of Time
(1991)
Sound Effects and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Forrest Gump
(1994)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Disclosure
(1994)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Miracle on 34th Street
(1994)
Sound Mixer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nine Months
(1995)
Sound Designer
Jumanji
(1995)
Sound Designer
Chain Reaction
(1996)
Sound Designer
Mars Attacks!
(1996)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Frighteners
(1996)
Sound Designer
Contact
(1997)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Starship Troopers
(1997)
Sound Designer
Stepmom
(1998)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arlington Road
(1999)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Iron Giant
(1999)
Sound Designer
What Lies Beneath
(2000)
Sound Designer
Cast Away
(2000)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Reindeer Games
(2000)
Sound Designer
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(2001)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Osmosis Jones
(2001)
Sound Designer
Avalon
(2001)
Sound Designer
Windtalkers
(2002)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002)
Sound Designer
Darkness Falls
(2003)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Shrek 2
(2004)
Sound Designer
The Incredibles
(2004)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Polar Express
(2004)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
(2004)
Sound Designer
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(2004)
Sound Designer
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Sound Designer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005)
Sound Designer
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
(2006)
Sound Designer
Ice Age: The Meltdown
(2006)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Mixer
Over the Hedge
(2006)
Sound Mixer
Monster House
(2006)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Beowulf
(2007)
Sound Designer
Ratatouille
(2007)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
Enchanted
(2007)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bee Movie
(2007)
Sound Designer
The Simpsons Movie
(2007)
Sound Designer
Bolt
(2008)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
(2008)
Sound Designer
Horton Hears a Who!
(2008)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Standard Operating Procedure
(2008)
Sound Designer
The Sky Crawlers
(2008)
Sound
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(2009)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
A Christmas Carol
(2009)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
Coraline
(2009)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Designer
How to Train Your Dragon
(2010)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
(2010)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Last Airbender
(2010)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rio
(2011)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, and Supervising Sound Editor
Mars Needs Moms
(2011)
Sound Designer
Flight
(2012)
Sound Designer
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
(2012)
Sound Designer
Ice Age: Continental Drift
(2012)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, and Supervising Sound Editor
The Lorax
(2012)
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, and Supervising Sound Editor
After Earth
(2013)
Sound Designer
Epic
(2013)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Croods
(2013)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rio 2
(2014)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(2014)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Revenant
(2015)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crimson Peak
(2015)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
The Walk
(2015)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Peanuts Movie
(2015)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Designer
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe
(2015)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Home
(2015)
Sound Designer
Allied
(2016)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor
Ice Age: Collision Course
(2016)
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Despicable Me 3
(2017)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ferdinand
(2017)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, and Supervising Sound Editor
Welcome to Marwen
(2018)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor, and Sound Designer
Spies in Disguise
(2019)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Wolf's Call
(2019)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Roald Dahl's The Witches
(2020)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Croods: A New Age
(2020)
Sound Designer
Vivo
(2021)
Sound Designer
Pinocchio
(2022)
Sound Designer
Wendell & Wild
(2022)
Sound Designer
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
(2023)
Sound Designer
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
(2023)
Sound Designer and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
The Wild Robot
(2024)
Sound
Here
(2024)
Sound Designer
Elio
(2025)
Sound Designer
Acting
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
(2008)
Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
(2008)
Self
Flight
(2012)
Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice)
The Croods
(2013)
Sandy Crood (voice)
Epic
(2013)
Additional Voices (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(2014)
Toothless (voice)
Rio 2
(2014)
Logging Foreman (voice)
The Peanuts Movie
(2015)
Various Voices (voice)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(2019)
Self
Spies in Disguise
(2019)
Various Voices / Pigeon Voice (voice)
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
(2023)
Confetti Cannon (voice)
Crew