Randall Poster

{{Short description|American music supervisor}}

Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and a long-term collaborator with Wes Anderson.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/7-perfectly-scored-wes-anderson-scenes-20140305|title=7 Perfectly-Scored Wes Anderson Scenes|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=5 March 2014|access-date=2017-03-20}} He worked on the films Skyfall (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The Irishman (2019),{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-robertson-martin-scorsese-the-irishman-soundtrack-906458/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101120754/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-robertson-martin-scorsese-the-irishman-soundtrack-906458/ |title=Robbie Robertson Details Soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 1, 2019 |accessdate=November 1, 2019 |archivedate=November 1, 2019 |url-status=live}} as well as the TV series Vinyl (2016).{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-hinckley/randall-poster-talks-abou_b_9688042.html|title=Randall Poster Talks About Mixing the Music for Vinyl -- and Offers a First Listen to a Kip Stevens Playlist|last=Hinckley|first=David|date=2016-04-14|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-20}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-spoke-to-wes-andersons-superman-music-supervisor/|title=We Spoke to the Man Who Soundtracks Wes Anderson's Movies - Noisey|website=Noisey|date=18 March 2014 |language=en-us|access-date=2017-03-20}} In 2011, Poster's work on the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack earned him a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack.{{Cite news|url=http://www.atlanticcityweekly.com/arts_and_entertainment/a-grammy-for-atlantic-city-boardwalk-empire-soundtrack-wins-grammy/article_3c069144-3072-5e13-8642-8fc42cbbd9ad.html|title=A Grammy for Atlantic City: 'Boardwalk Empire' Soundtrack Wins Grammy|last=Schwachter|first=Jeff|work=Atlantic City Weekly|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en}}

The Guardian defined Randall's soundtracks as "simply great jukeboxes."{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/dec/08/popandrock|title=Knowing the score|last=Wise|first=Damon|date=2007-12-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-03-21|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} He is the founder of the music supervision company Search Party{{Cite web|url=http://www.searchparty-music.com|title=Home|website=Search Party Music|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-20}} sourcing music for film, TV, advertisement and branded content. In advertising, his credits include Prada,{{cite web|url=http://www.prada.com/en/a-future-archive/short-movies/castello-cavalcanti.html|title=Castello Cavalcanti|publisher=Prada.com|accessdate=2017-03-23}} 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.