Randall Poster Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. 7 Perfectly-Scored Wes Anderson Scenes. Rolling Stone. 5 March 2014. 2017-03-20.
  2. Blistein . Jon . Robbie Robertson Details Soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101120754/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-robertson-martin-scorsese-the-irishman-soundtrack-906458/ . . November 1, 2019 . November 1, 2019 . November 1, 2019 . live.
  3. Web site: Randall Poster Talks About Mixing the Music for Vinyl -- and Offers a First Listen to a Kip Stevens Playlist. Hinckley. David. 2016-04-14. Huffington Post. en-US. 2017-03-20.
  4. Web site: We Spoke to the Man Who Soundtracks Wes Anderson's Movies - Noisey. Noisey. 18 March 2014 . en-us. 2017-03-20.
  5. News: A Grammy for Atlantic City: 'Boardwalk Empire' Soundtrack Wins Grammy. Schwachter. Jeff. Atlantic City Weekly. 2017-03-20. en.
  6. News: Knowing the score. Wise. Damon. 2007-12-08. The Guardian. 2017-03-21. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  7. Web site: Home. Search Party Music. en-US. 2017-03-20.
  8. Web site: Castello Cavalcanti. Prada.com. 2017-03-23.

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