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The Holiday soundtrack: All the songs featured in the Christmas romcom
The film has an original score by Hans Zimmer, a handful of Christmas classics and hits by everyone from The Killers to The Spinners.
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- Alex Hewitt
- , Patrick Cremona
Published: Monday, 8 December 2025 at 4:30 pm
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With Christmas fast approaching, it's time to start assembling your Christmas movie watchlist, and from It's a Wonderful Life to Elf, The Muppet Christmas Carol to Love Actually, there are plenty of festive classics to consider.
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It's hard to believe that another popular festive flick is nearly 20 years old. 2006 rom-com The Holiday was written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers and stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black.
The movie revolves around two singletons who embark on a house-swapping adventure over the festive season, with Winslet's Iris travelling to LA and Diaz's Amanda travelling to Surrey.
Naturally, romance ensues, and the action is accompanied by a brilliant soundtrack, which features a number of festive bangers like Wham's Last Christmas and Kylie's Santa Baby.
But which other songs are featured in the movie? From Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, read on for a full list.
The Holiday score: Who composed the music for the film?
Kate Winslet and Jack Black in The Holiday. Universal
As well as a number of bangers, the film also includes an original score by Hans Zimmer.
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You can find the titles of all the tracks below:
- Maestro
- Iris And Jasper
- Kayak For One
- Zero
- Dream Kitchen
- Separate Vacations
- Anything Can Happen
- Light My Fire
- Definitely Unexpected
- If I Wanted To Call You
- Roadside Rhapsody
- Busy Guy
- For Nancy
- It's Complicated
- Kiss Goodbye
- Verso E Prosa
- Meu Passado
- The 'Cowch'
- Three Musketeers
- Christmas Surprise
- Gumption
- Cry
The Holiday soundtrack: Full list of songs in the film
The following pieces of music are all featured in The Holiday.
- Winter Wonderland performed by Darlene Love
- Last Christmas performed by Wham!
- It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring) performed by Love Unlimited
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree performed by Brenda Lee
- Mr Brightside performed by The Killers
- It's a Shame performed by The Spinners
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl performed by Jet
- Let Go performed by Frou Frou
- Christmas Waltz performed by Eddie Higgins Trio
- Mrs Robinson performed by Simon and Garfunkel
- Got to Be Real performed by Cheryl Lynn
- Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) performed by Al Green
- Santa Baby performed by Kylie Minogue
- Chariots of Fire by Vangelis, performed by Jack Black
- Theme from Jaws by John Williams, performed by Jack Black
- Driving Miss Daisy by Hans Zimmer, performed by Jack Black
- Raider's March by John Williams, performed by Jack Black
- Just for Now performed by Imogen Heap
- You Send Me performed by Aretha Franklin
- Projection for Two by Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
- Toto And Alfredo by Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
- Flight of the Foo Birds performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra
- Wade in the Water performed by Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Tara Theme performed by Max Steiner
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performed by James Taylor
- Moon Glow performed by Claude Bolling Big Band and Stéphane Grappelli
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The Holiday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available to listen to here. The Holiday is currently streaming on both Netflix and Prime Video.
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Alex Hewitt
Patrick CremonaSenior Film Writer
Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
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