Randy Slaugh
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Background information | |
Birth name | Randall James Slaugh |
Born | October 3, 1987 |
Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, arranger, composer |
Instruments | Piano, synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, saxophone, violin |
Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | |
Website | www |
Randy Slaugh is a Grammy-nominated[1][2][3] and Juno award-winning music producer, composer[4] recording engineer, songwriter and string arranger based in Salt Lake City, Utah.[5][6][7] He is known for his work with Periphery,[8][9][10][11] Devin Townsend,[12][13] Architects,[14][15] David Archuleta,[16] TesseracT,[17] Four Year Strong,[18][19] and Skyharbor,[20] and as a member of Kscope's cross-continental music group White Moth Black Butterfly.[21][22][23] In recent years, he has worked in film and TV music, and has secured placements on Netflix, CBS, NBC, ABC, Discovery Channel, ESPN, VH1, MTV, A&E, Hulu, NFL, NHL, Bravo, Nickelodeon, Animal Planet, Food Network, BET, Lifetime, CMT, E!, TLC, WE TV, Vice, Paramount, Motor Trend, WWE, Oxygen, AXS TV and others. Slaugh is a current voting member of The Recording Academy.[24]
Life and career
Early years
Randy Slaugh grew up in the suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing music in alternative rock and post-hardcore bands. He began teaching himself audio production in 2004 and later went on to study communication and advertising at Brigham Young University - Idaho. While in Idaho, Slaugh connected with audio engineer Ken Dudley (Hollywood Undead, John 5)[25] and started learning more professional levels of production.[26][27]
2010-Present
In 2010, Slaugh connected with the band Periphery at some of their early shows.[28] After hearing a demo of their song "Have a Blast," he reached out to lead guitarist and producer Misha Mansoor, and offered to record real violin and cello to replace the midi strings in the demo.[29][30] In 2013, Slaugh worked with Misery Signals, who were recording their album Absent Light in Idaho and were looking for more extensive string arrangements to feature on the album.[31][32] Later that year, he went on to work with I Killed the Prom Queen,[33] Devin Townsend,[34] Architects,[35] We Shot the Moon, and Intervals.[36] In 2015, Slaugh joined progressive pop group White Moth Black Butterfly after working with Daniel Tompkins and Keshav Dhar on Skyharbor's Guiding Lights album the previous year.[37][38] He co-wrote and co-produced the group's album Atone, as well as their Rising Sun (EP), which were released via Kscope.[39][40][41]
Devin Townsend's Z², which Slaugh did orchestration and engineering on,[42][43] won Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year[44] at the 2015 Juno Awards.[45][46] Skyharbor's Guiding Lights was named Best Album: Critic's Choice in Rolling Stone's 2015 Metal Awards,[47] and Architects' Lost Forever // Lost Together won Best Album in the Relentless Kerrang Awards.[48] The song "The Price is Wrong" from Periphery's Periphery III: Select Difficulty was nominated for Best Metal Performance[49] at the 2017 Grammy Awards.[50][51] and Periphery's 2019 release Hail Stan charted #1 on Billboard’s Independent Album, Current Rock Album and Current Hard Music Album charts.[52]
In 2018, Slaugh broke into the TV and film world working on shows such as MTV’s Catfish: The TV Show, VH1's Black Ink Crew, TLC's 90 Day Fiancé, Discovery’s Diesel Brothers and A&E’s Wahlburgers.[53] He has since composed music for hundreds of television episodes across dozens of networks, as well as for major Bollywood film The Body[54][55] and independent crime thriller Locker 42.[56]
Selected discography
Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
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2012 | Periphery | Periphery II: This Time It's Personal | Sumerian | Session producer, string arrangements |
2013 | Misery Signals | Absent Light | Basick (Dist.) | Session producer, string arrangements |
2014 | I Killed the Prom Queen | Beloved | Epitaph | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2014 | Voyager | V | Independent | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2014 | We Shot the Moon | The Finish Line | Independent | Session producer, string & choir arrangements, engineering |
2014 | Confession | Life and Death | Mediaskare | Session producer, string & choir arrangements, engineering |
2014 | Devin Townsend & Ché Aimee Dorval | Casualties of Cool | HevyDevy | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2014 | Architects | Lost Forever // Lost Together | Epitaph | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2014 | Skyharbor | Guiding Lights | Basick | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2014 | Intervals | A Voice Within | Basick (Dist.) | Session producer, string arrangements |
2014 | Devin Townsend Project | Z² | HevyDevy | Session producer, orchestration, engineering |
2015 | Skyharbor | Out of Time | Independent | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2015 | Devin Townsend Project | Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall | HevyDevy | Orchestration (backing tracks) |
2016 | Architects | All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us | Epitaph | Session producer, string & brass arrangements, engineering |
2016 | Periphery | Periphery III: Select Difficulty | Sumerian | Session producer, string, brass & choir arrangements, engineering |
2017 | Thy Art Is Murder | Dear Desolation | Nuclear Blast | Programming, string arrangements, piano |
2017 | White Moth Black Butterfly | Atone | Kscope | Producer, songwriter, mixing, engineering |
2018 | TesseracT | Sonder | Kscope | Session producer, choir arrangements, conducting |
2018 | Madilyn Paige | Anymore | Shadow Mountain | Additional production & programming, song arranging |
2018 | Skyharbor | Sunshine Dust | eOne | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
2018 | White Moth Black Butterfly | Rising Sun (EP) | Kscope | Producer, songwriter, mixing, engineering |
2018 | Silent Planet | When The End Began | Solid State, UNFD | Additional production & programming, string arrangements, engineering |
2018 | Unearth | Extinction(s) | Century Media | Orchestration, piano, programming |
2018 | Thy Art Is Murder | Death Perception | Nuclear Blast | Orchestration, programming |
2019 | Murmur | The Boundless Black | Hanging Hill | Session producer, string arrangements, piano, engineering |
2019 | Periphery | Periphery IV: Hail Stan | 3DOT, eOne | Session producer, string, brass & choir arrangements, engineering, conducting |
2019 | Daniel Tompkins | Castles | Kscope | Producer, remixing[57] |
2019 | Anup Sastry | Illuminate | Independent | Additional production & programming, orchestration, choir arrangements[58] |
2019 | Silent Planet | Shark Week | Solid State, UNFD | Additional production & programming |
2020 | Jason Kui | Naka | Prosthetic | Additional production & programming |
2020 | Four Year Strong | Brain Pain | Pure Noise | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering[59] |
2020 | Devin Townsend & Ché Aimee Dorval | Quarantine Project Part 11: Casualties Live at Framus | HevyDevy | String arrangements (backing tracks) |
2020 | Citizen Soldier | Would Anyone Care | Independent | Producer |
2020 | Outline in Color | Papercuts | BRKN Records | Programming & additional production |
2020 | Eva Under Fire | Upcoming LP | Eleven Seven | Additional production & programming |
2020 | Humanity's Last Breath | Upcoming LP | Unique Leader | Orchestration, programming & additional production |
2021 | Our Hollow, Our Home | Upcoming EP | Hollow Music | Orchestration, programming & additional production |
2021 | Jon Gomm | Upcoming LP | Kscope | Co-writer |
2021 | White Moth Black Butterfly | Upcoming LP | Kscope | Producer, songwriter, mixing, engineering |
2021 | TesseracT | Upcoming LP | Kscope | TBA |
Television
Year | Title | Network | Role |
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2015 | World Series of Fighting 24: Fitch vs. Okami | NBC Sports | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2018 | Catfish: The TV Show | MTV | Composer: additional music (4 episodes) |
2018 | Diesel Brothers | Discovery | Composer: additional music (5 episodes) |
2018 | Wahlburgers | A&E | Composer: additional music (7 episodes) |
2018 | Black Ink Crew: Chicago | VH1 | Composer: additional music (10 episodes) |
2018 | Basketball Wives | VH1 | Composer: additional music (4 episodes) |
2018 | 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days | TLC | Composer: additional music (13 episodes) |
2018 | Car Fix | Discovery | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2018 | Love After Lockup | WE TV | Composer: additional music (7 episodes) |
2018 | Raising Tourette's | A&E | Composer: additional music (2 episodes) |
2018 | Insane Pools: Off the Deep End | Animal Planet | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | NFL Thursday Night Football | CBS | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | Bridezillas | WE TV | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars | WE TV | Composer: additional music (4 episodes) |
2019 | Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta | WE TV | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | Growing Up Hip Hop: New York | WE TV | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | Ex on the Beach | MTV | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Married to Medicine | Bravo | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Cartel Crew | VH1 | Composer: additional music (6 episodes) |
2019 | Fish or Die | Animal Planet | Composer: additional music (2 episodes) |
2019 | 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? | TLC | Composer: additional music (4 episodes) |
2019 | Chopped | Food Network | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | NHL on NBC | NBC Sports | Composer: additional music (13 episodes) |
2019 | Love & Hip Hop | VH1 | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood | VH1 | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Very Cavallari | E! | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle | VH1 | Composer: additional music (5 episodes) |
2019 | Ladies' Night | BET | Composer: additional music (6 episodes) |
2019 | The Dude Perfect Show | Nickelodeon | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Don't Be Tardy | Bravo | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Ms. T's Music Factory | Lifetime | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Racing Wives | CMT | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | sMothered | TLC | Composer: additional music (2 episodes) |
2019 | CBS Sports Spectacular | CBS | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Marrying Millions | Lifetime | Composer: additional music (4 episodes) |
2019 | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | Bravo | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | Masters of Disaster | Discovery | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Chasing Classic Cars | Motor Trend | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | In Ice Cold Blood | Oxygen | Composer: additional music (1 episodes) |
2019 | Impact Wrestling | AXS TV | Composer: additional music (15 episodes) |
2019 | Snapped | Oxygen | Composer: additional music (1 episodes) |
2019 | Untold Stories of Hip Hop | WE TV | Composer: additional music (2 episodes) |
2019 | NXT United Kingdom Championship | WWE | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2019 | True Conviction | Discovery | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | 2019 World Aquatics Championships | NBCUniversal | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Project Runway | Bravo | Composer: additional music (2 episodes) |
2019 | Battle of the Fittest Couples | Paramount | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Extinct or Alive | Animal Planet | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | The Challenge | MTV | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2019 | Magic for Humans | Netflix | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2020 | Undercover Boss | CBS | Composer: additional music (3 episodes) |
2020 | SportsCenter Special | ESPN | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
2020 | Royal Rumble | WWE | Composer: additional music (1 episode) |
Film
Year | Title | Production Company | Role |
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2019 | The Body | Viacom 18 | Session producer, string arrangements, engineering |
Pre-production | Locker 42 | Vigilant Entertainment | Composer |
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External links
- Randy Slaugh on AllMusic
- Randy Slaugh at IMDb