Randall Poster is an American

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and a long-term collaborator with

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. He worked on the films ''

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'' (2012), '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014), and ''

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'' (2019), as well as the TV series ''

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'' (2016). Passionate about music and film, he started in music supervision sourcing songs for a script he co-wrote with a friend at the

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. In 2011, Poster's work on the ''

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'' soundtrack earned him a

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for Best Compilation Soundtrack. ''

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'' defined Randall's soundtracks as "simply great jukeboxes." He is the founder of the music supervision company Search Party sourcing music for film, TV, advertisement and branded content. In advertising, his credits include Prada, Jimmy Choo and Calvin Klein. In addition, Poster co-wrote the screenplay for ''

A Matter of Degrees ''A Matter of Degrees'' is a 1990 American comedy film directed by W.T. Morgan and written by Randall Poster, Jack Mason and W.T. Morgan. The film stars Arye Gross, Judith Hoag (in her film debut), Tom Sizemore, and Wendell Pierce. John Doe ...

'', a film set in and around a college radio station, directed by

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and released in 1991.

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