There have been multiple adaptations of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights over the years.

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The latest comes from Saltburn filmmaker Emerald Fennell, who looks at the Gothic tale through a modern lens, with a cast featuring Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, anachronistic costumes, and an overtly erotic tone.

The new film also features a modern soundtrack penned by pop superstar and 'brat summer' architect Charli xcx and, while much of the movie has prompted backlash from fans and critics due to its deviation from the source material, the album is one element of the film that has received overwhelmingly positive reactions.

The album features plenty of autotune, strange and experimental noises, and also includes collaborations with Welsh musician John Cale and US singer Sky Ferreira.

Want to know more about the songs Charli is contributing to the film and how you can listen to them? Read on for everything we know about the film’s soundtrack.

Who composed the Wuthering Heights soundtrack?

The poster for Wuthering Heights with Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Cathy in an embrace.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in the poster for Wuthering Heights. Warner Bros. Pictures

The film's score has been composed by Anthony Willis,.

Willis previously collaborated with Fennell on Promising Young Woman and Saltburn.

How to listen to the Wuthering Heights 2026 soundtrack

Charli's album is available on music streaming platforms including Amazon Music and Spotify.

The album is also available to buy on CD and vinyl from Amazon. You can also get your hands on a collector's edition here.

Wuthering Heights 2026 soundtrack: Full list of songs from Charli xcx

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Charli XCX (C) performs onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Charli XCX. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Charli's album feature 12 original songs in total, with the official track list announced in February just before the release of the film. You can find the full list below:

All tracks written by Charli xcx except where stated

  1. House (feat John Cale) – written by Charli xcx, John Cale, Finn Keane & Nathan Klein
  2. Wall of Sound – written by Charli xcx & Finn Keane
  3. Dying for You – written by Charli xcx, Finn Keane & Justin Raisen
  4. Always Everywhere – written by Charli xcx, Finn Keane, Lewis Pesacov & Justin Raisen
  5. Chains of Love – written by Charli xcx, Finn Keane & Justin Raisen
  6. Out of Myself
  7. Open Up – written by Charli xcx & Finn Keane
  8. Seeing Things
  9. Altars – Written by Charli xcx, Finn Keane & Justin Raisen
  10. Eyes of the World (feat Sky Ferreira)
  11. My Reminder
  12. Funny Mouth – written by Charli xcx, Finn Keane & Joe Keery

Charli shared three tracks from the album ahead of the film's release – and got everyone talking.

In early November, she dropped House, an eerie new song featuring The Velvet Underground’s John Cale.

The track features some autotune as well as industrial sounds, with Cale’s voice appearing as a spoken word poem before the pair repeat the central refrain of “I think I’m gonna die in this house” – a refrain which quickly became a trending sound on TikTok.

Later in November, Charli then shared another preview of her album with the new song Chains of Love. The track also features in the trailer for the movie, which you can watch below:

Meanwhile, a third single – Wall of Sound – followed in January 2026.

Opening up about the inspiration behind the soundtrack, the singer previously wrote in a statement on Instagram Stories: “I got a call from Emerald Fennell last Christmas asking whether I would consider working on a song for her adaptation of Wuthering Heights."

She continued: “After being so in the depths of my previous album I was excited to escape into something entirely new, entirely opposite. When I think of Wuthering Heights I think of many things. I think of passion and pain. I think of England. I think of the Moors, I think of the mud and the cold. I think of determination and grit.”

Charli also said in her statement that she reached out to Cale after his quote from a Velvet Underground documentary – in which he said there was a need for the band’s songs to be both “elegant and brutal” – stayed with her.

Charli wrote: “I got really stuck on that phrase. I wrote it down in my notes app and would pull it up from time to time and think about what he meant.”

So Charli decided to reach out to him and they ended up collaborating. “That voice, so elegant, so brutal. I sent him some songs, and we started talking specifically about House," she added.

She continued: "We spoke about the idea of a poem. He recorded something and sent it to me. Something that only John could do.

"And it was… well, it made me cry. I feel so lucky to have been able to work with John on this song. I’ve been so excited to share it with you all, sitting quietly in anticipation.”

Wuthering Heights is out now in UK cinemas.

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