Randy Slaugh (born October 3, 1987) is an American music producer and composer based in Los Angeles, California.Multiple sources: He has worked with artists such as Jelly Roll, Skillet, Sleeping With Sirens, Yelawolf, Architects, The Amity Affliction, Periphery, David Archuleta, TesseracT, Devin Townsend, and Four Year Strong, and is a member of Kscope's cross-continental music group White Moth Black Butterfly. In recent years, he has worked on music for television series on Netflix, CBS, NBC, ABC, Hulu, Discovery, ESPN, VH1, and MTV, for video games such as Free Fire, and for ad campaigns for Bombas, NBA, Levi's, and KMC Wheels. Slaugh is part of the Producers & Engineers Wing Committee for The Recording Academy, and a member of the Sundance Institute, Music Producers Guild, Society of Composers & Lyricists and the Heavy Music Awards.
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 and later went on to study communication and advertising in college. While at college, Slaugh connected with audio engineer Ken Dudley and started learning more professional levels of production.
2010–present In 2010, Slaugh connected with the band Periphery at some of their early shows. 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. 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. Later that year, he went on to work with I Killed the Prom Queen, Devin Townsend, Architects, We Shot the Moon, and Intervals. 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. He co-wrote and co-produced the group's album Atone, as well as their Rising Sun (EP), which were released via Kscope.
Devin Townsend's Z², which Slaugh did orchestration and engineering on, won Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year at the 2015 Juno Awards. Skyharbor's Guiding Lights was named Best Album: Critic's Choice in Rolling Stone's 2015 Metal Awards, and Architects' Lost Forever // Lost Together won Best Album in the Relentless Kerrang Awards. The song "The Price is Wrong" from Periphery's Periphery III: Select Difficulty was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards. and Periphery's 2019 release Periphery IV: Hail Stan charted #1 on Billboard's Independent Album, Current Rock Album and Current Hard Music Album charts.
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. He has since composed music for television series across several networks, and for movies including Bollywood film The Body and independent crime thriller Locker 42.
Selected discography Year Artist Title Label Role 2012 Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal Sumerian Orchestration 2013 Misery Signals Absent Light Basick Orchestration 2014 I Killed the Prom Queen Beloved Epitaph Orchestration Intervals A Voice Within Basick Orchestration Architects Lost Forever // Lost Together Epitaph Orchestration Devin Townsend Casualties of Cool HevyDevy Orchestration Skyharbor Guiding Lights Basick Orchestration Devin Townsend Project Z² HevyDevy Orchestration 2016 Architects All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us Epitaph Orchestration Periphery Periphery III: Select Difficulty Sumerian Orchestration 2017 Thy Art Is Murder Dear Desolation Nuclear Blast Additional production White Moth Black Butterfly Atone Kscope Producer 2018 TesseracT Sonder Kscope Additional production Skyharbor Sunshine Dust eOne Orchestration Silent Planet When The End Began Solid State, UNFD Additional production Unearth Extinction(s) Century Media Additional production 2019 Periphery Periphery IV: Hail Stan 3DOT, eOne Orchestration2020 Four Year StrongBrain Pain Pure Noise Orchestration Citizen Soldier Down the Rabbit Hole Independent Producer2021 Humanity's Last BreathVälde Unique Leader Additional production White Moth Black Butterfly The Cost of Dreaming Kscope Producer CasketsLost Souls SharpTone Additional production The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Illusory Walls Epitaph Orchestration The Amity AfflictionSomewhere Beyond The Blue Warner, Pure Noise Additional production2022 Bury TomorrowDeath (Ever Colder) Music For Nations, Sony Additional production Sleeping With SirensComplete Collapse Sumerian Additional production Loveless End of an Era Sony BMG (dist) Additional production Of VirtueOmen SharpTone Additional production2023 SkilletDominion: Day Of Destiny (Deluxe Edition) Atlantic Additional production Nothing MoreSpirits (Deluxe) Better Noise Additional production The Amity AfflictionNot Without My Ghosts Warner, Pure Noise Additional production TesseracT War of Being Kscope Additional production Kendall Tucker feat. Jelly Roll Dragging Me Down Independent Additional production CasketsReflections SharpTone Additional production2024 Attack Attack!Disaster Oxide Additional production The Amity AfflictionLet the Ocean Take Me (Redux) Warner, Pure Noise Additional production2025 Attack Attack! Attack Attack! II Oxide Additional production Royale Lynn Black Magic Epitaph Additional production CasketsThe Only Heaven You'll Know SharpTone Additional production The Amity AfflictionAll That I Remember Pure Noise Additional production Set It Off Set It Off Independent Additional production2026 Story of the Year A.R.S.O.N. SharpTone Additional production Shi Eubank feat. Yelawolf Paper Planes Independent Additional production The Amity Affliction House of Cards Pure Noise Additional production
Television Year Title Network Role 2015 World Series of Fighting 24: Fitch vs. Okami NBC Sports Composer: additional music (1 episode) 2016 Teen Mom MTV Composer: additional music (5 episodes) 2018 Catfish: The TV Show MTV Composer: additional music (4 episodes) Diesel Brothers Discovery Composer: additional music (5 episodes) Wahlburgers A&E Composer: additional music (7 episodes) Black Ink Crew: Chicago VH1 Composer: additional music (10 episodes) Basketball Wives VH1 Composer: additional music (4 episodes) 90 Day Fiancé TLC Composer: additional music (13 episodes) 2019 Bridezillas WE TV Composer: additional music (1 episode) Cartel Crew VH1 Composer: additional music (6 episodes) 90 Day Fiancé TLC Composer: additional music (4 episodes) Chopped Food Network Composer: additional music (1 episode) Very Cavallari E! Composer (3 episodes) The Dude Perfect Show Nickelodeon Composer: additional music (2 episodes) The Real Housewives of Atlanta Bravo Composer: additional music (3 episodes) Project Runway Bravo Composer: additional music (2 episodes) The Challenge MTV Composer: additional music (1 episode) Magic for Humans Netflix Composer: additional music (1 episode) 2020 Undercover Boss CBS Composer (3 episodes) Royal Rumble WWE Composer: additional music (1 episode) Shark Week Discovery Composer: additional music (1 episode) 90 Day Fiancé TLC Composer: additional music (1 episode) Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Bravo Composer: additional music (1 episode) 2021 Mayans M.C. FX Composer: additional music (3 episodes) NCIS: Los Angeles CBS Composer: additional music (1 episode) Catfish: The TV Show MTV Composer (4 episodes) Jackass Shark Week Discovery Composer: additional music The Real Housewives of Atlanta Bravo Composer (3 episodes) 2022 The Rookie ABC Composer: additional music (1 episode) Undercover Boss CBS Composer (5 episodes) Property Brothers HGTV Composer: additional music (1 episode) 2023 Jubilee Amazon Prime Composer: additional music (10 episode) LA Fire and Rescue NBC Composer
Film Year Title Production company Role 2019 The Body Viacom 18 Session producer, string arrangements, engineering 2022 No Rain Nor Dew Independent Composer Pre-production Locker 42 Vigilant Entertainment Composer
Video games Year Title Software Company Role 2020 Free Fire Garena Composer: additional music 2020 Whiffle Blasters Suckerbird / Epic Composer: additional music 2025 War of Being DMTesseracT Composer
References
External links Randy Slaugh on AllMusic