Randy Slaugh

Randy Slaugh is a Grammy-nominated[1][2][3] and Juno award-winning music producer, composer,[4] 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 networks including Netflix, CBS, NBC, ABC, Discovery, ESPN, VH1, and MTV, among others. Slaugh is a voting member of The Recording Academy.[24]

Randy Slaugh
Randy Slaugh conducting the choir session for TesseracT's Sonder
Background information
Birth nameRandall James Slaugh
Born (1987-10-03) October 3, 1987
OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Occupation(s)Record producer, composer, arranger
InstrumentsPiano, synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, saxophone, violin
Years active2010–present
Labels
Associated actsWhite Moth Black Butterfly, Periphery, TesseracT, Skyharbor, Architects, Devin Townsend, Misery Signals
Websitewww.randyslaugh.com

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 dozens of shows, and for movies including Bollywood film The Body[54][55] and independent crime thriller Locker 42.[56]

Slaugh at Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA working on Z² with Devin Townsend in 2014

Selected discography
Year Artist Title Label Role
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 Additional production & programming
2020 Eva Under Fire Upcoming LP Eleven Seven Additional production & programming
2020 Of Virtue Upcoming LP SharpTone Producer (1 song)
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 White Moth Black Butterfly Upcoming LP Kscope Producer, songwriter, mixing, engineering
2021 TesseracT Upcoming LP Kscope TBA

Television
Year Title Network Role
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
2019 The Body Viacom 18 Session producer, string arrangements, engineering
Pre-production Locker 42 Vigilant Entertainment Composer
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gollark: Swapping them would also be nice in some situations, but I'm not hugely concerned.
gollark: ... so I can replace it when it degrades?
gollark: And a removable battery? In any case, fewer and fewer actually have all that.
gollark: Just as it's hard to find phones with removable batteries, headphone jacks, LCD screens, SD card slots...

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