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Randall Poster


Randall Poster is the Music Supervisor for AIR MAIL. Poster has supervised the music for several films, including Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Todd Haynes’s Carol, Todd Phillips’s Joker, and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch.

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Randall Poster’s Midsummer Playlist: Nino Rota, Irma Thomas, and More …

Randall Poster’s Deep-Summer Playlist:

Ella Fitzgerald, Vampire Weekend, the Meters, and More …

Randall Poster’s Bumper-to-Bumper Blues Playlist

Lily Allen, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Traffic
(naturally), Sly & Robbie, and More

Late-Night

Beck, Ray Charles, the Beastie Boys, Vans Morrison and McCoy, and more

All Work and No Playlist? Hardly!

Here are Donna Summer, Howlin’ Wolf, Queen, Betty Everett, and more

September Songs

Fontella Bass, King Curtis … Willie Bobo! And much more

From Marty Scorsese’s Movies

What do Hoagy Carmichael, the Ronettes, Artie Shaw, the Rolling Stones, Dr. John, and Dropkick Murphys have in common?

Night Moves

Thanks Again

Michael Kiwanuka, J. J. Cale, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, and Sly & the Family Stone are among those who know just how to say it

Looking Ahead

And maybe even up? Bright tunes from Ian Dury, the Pixies, Liz Phair, Frank Zappa, Wingy Manone, Elvis Costello, Mary Weiss … and more

Doctor’s Orders

Old-school remedies for winter doldrums, from (among others) Bobby Womack, Bobbie Gentry, Jean Knight, Elvis Presley, and, yes, Carol Douglas

Hoosegow Rock

Confined to quarters? Little Richard, Bob Dylan, R.E.M., Kanye West, Dr. John, and the Main Ingredient are among those who can help

The Great Oscars Soundtrack

Featuring the Kinks, Anton Karas, Lana Del Rey, Ennio Morricone, Ry Cooder, and Ellie Goulding, with a special appearance by the Electric Prunes

Valentine’s Day After

So, how’d it go? Really? Well, maybe Nick Cave, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, Millie Jackson, Todd Rundgren, and the National can help

Tear the Roof Off the Sucker

Cut a rug in the comfort of your own home with Donna Summer, Blondie, the Weeknd, James Brown, and more

Higher Ground

If the future’s where you’re headed, Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, Cowboy Junkies, Joe Henry, and others will light the path

Push a Little Harder

Sick and tired of it all? Keep on keeping on with Joe Cocker, Curtis Mayfield, Charli XCX, Emitt Rhodes, and more

Warm Ways

Songs built to withstand the heat, from Fleetwood Mac, Delaney & Bonnie, Etta James, the Detroit Cobras, and more

Out of Africa

A selection of songs from the birthplace of humanity, by Fela Kuti, Swamp Dogg, Mahmoud Ahmed, Rihanna, and more

This Land Is Your Land

Finding it difficult to recognize America? This collection of songs will remind you what the country’s all about

Life’s a Gas

Step back from this mad month and see things at a remove with music from Annie Lennox, Amen Dunes, Rose Royce, the Moody Blues, and more

Away with Words

Everybody’s talking, but what’s the point when we have these songs from Charles Mingus, Art Farmer, Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, and more

Fare-Thee-Well, 2020

Close out the year with Frank Ocean, the Avalanches, Brian Eno, Waxahatchee, and more

That Old Feeling

Dance into the New Year with Dua Lipa, the Ronettes, Yvonne Elliman, the Rolling Stones, and more