Randall Poster

Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and a long-term collaborator with Wes Anderson.[1] He worked on the films Skyfall (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The Irishman (2019),[2] as well as the TV series Vinyl (2016).[3]

Passionate about music and film, he started in music supervision sourcing songs for a script he co-wrote with a friend at the Sundance Institute.[4] In 2011, Poster's work on the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack earned him a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack.[5]

The Guardian defined Randall's soundtracks as "simply great jukeboxes."[6] He is the founder of the music supervision company Search Party[7] sourcing music for film, TV, advertisement and branded content. In advertising, his credits include Prada,[8] Jimmy Choo and Calvin Klein.

In addition, Poster co-wrote the screenplay for A Matter of Degrees, a film set in and around a college radio station, directed by W.T. Morgan and released in 1991.

References

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  1. ^ "7 Perfectly-Scored Wes Anderson Scenes". Rolling Stone. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon (November 1, 2019). "Robbie Robertson Details Soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Hinckley, David (2016-04-14). "Randall Poster Talks About Mixing the Music for Vinyl -- and Offers a First Listen to a Kip Stevens Playlist". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  4. ^ "We Spoke to the Man Who Soundtracks Wes Anderson's Movies - Noisey". Noisey. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  5. ^ Schwachter, Jeff. "A Grammy for Atlantic City: 'Boardwalk Empire' Soundtrack Wins Grammy". Atlantic City Weekly. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  6. ^ Wise, Damon (2007-12-08). "Knowing the score". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  7. ^ "Home". Search Party Music. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  8. ^ "Castello Cavalcanti". Prada.com. Retrieved 2017-03-23.


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