The Housemaid Movie Soundtrack
The Housemaid | |
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| Movie Soundtrack (2025) | |
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| Director | Paul Feig |
| Studio | Lionsgate |
| Release date | 2025-12-19 |
| Genre(s) | Mystery, Thriller |
| Composer(s) | Theodore Shapiro |
| Score album | The Housemaid, Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Record label | Lakeshore Records |
| Available on | Hulu, Apple TV+, Prime Video |
| Cast | Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway Amanda Seyfried as Nina Winchester Brandon Sklenar as Andrew Winchester Michele Morrone as Enzo Elizabeth Perkins as Mrs. Winchester Indiana Elle as Cece Winchester |
About This Soundtrack
The film adaptation of Freida McFadden's bestseller The Housemaid (2025) presents a tense, domestic thriller that explores themes of class, deception, and psychological control. Directed by Paul Feig, the production translates the novel's claustrophobic atmosphere into a striking visual style, focusing on the isolated Winchester mansion. The music mirrors the main character's growing isolation and fear as she uncovers the family's dark secrets, using acoustic instruments and unexpected vocalizations to emphasize the growing domestic tension.
Composer Theodore Shapiro built the movie's score around string arrangements and voice contributions from Grammy-winning artist Caroline Shaw. Seeking to capture the feeling of a bright home turning into a nightmare, the soundtrack moves between melodic solo violin pieces and eerie, disjointed vocal textures. Licensed pop songs from contemporary artists like Sabrina Carpenter and Lana Del Rey are played during key scenes, contrasting with the dark instrumental score to enhance the film's thriller tone.
This page serves as an active database and guide for the complete musical score and song list featured throughout the film. All tracks, including licensed songs and instrumental compositions, are organized in their order of appearance to help viewers locate specific cues easily. The listings are regularly updated with new streaming platform links, timing details, and official album releases to ensure accuracy.
Additional Songs
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Please Please Please
by Sabrina Carpenter
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take me as I am
by Lyn Lapid
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Tumbling Dice
by Linda Ronstadt
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Why Is She Still Here?
by Reneé Rapp
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Cinnamon Girl
by Lana Del Rey
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Bad As The Rest
by Jessie Murph
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breaking news
by flowerovlove
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Since U Been Gone
by Kelly Clarkson
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Blue Bayou
by Linda Ronstadt
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I Did Something Bad
by Taylor Swift
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The Angel And The Saint
by Goldie Boutilier
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Original Score
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The Privilege of Teeth (feat. Caroline Shaw)
by Theodore Shapiro
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Grand Tour
by Theodore Shapiro
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That Will Be That
by Theodore Shapiro
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Move in Day
by Theodore Shapiro
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Enzo (feat. Caroline Shaw)
by Theodore Shapiro
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Can’t Sleep
by Theodore Shapiro
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DURATION2:39
Acute Psychosis (feat. Caroline Shaw)
by Theodore Shapiro
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DURATION2:36
Theater
by Theodore Shapiro
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DURATION2:07
Nina Can’t Know (feat. Caroline Shaw)
by Theodore Shapiro
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DURATION3:18
Leave Now (feat. Caroline Shaw)
by Theodore Shapiro
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About the Composer(s)
Theodore Shapiro is a two-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning American composer and conductor, recognized for his versatility across comedy, drama, and thrillers. Born on September 29, 1971, in Washington, D. C., Shapiro graduated from Brown University in 1993 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in music composition from the Juilliard School in 1995. Known for his collaborations with director Paul Feig, Shapiro's extensive filmography includes scores for A Simple Favor, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and Apple TV's hit series Severance. For The Housemaid (2025), Shapiro creates a tense, domestic atmosphere by combining traditional orchestral composition with experimental vocalizations.
Theodore Shapiro
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Did you know?
- Both lead actresses, Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, are credited as executive producers on the film, though Seyfried later remarked that it was negotiated as a credit by her agent without her active production involvement.
- The Winchester home is a central element of the film's suspense. Production crew utilized a real historic 1904 home in Madison, New Jersey, modifying its interior decor with symbolic patterns representing deception and control.
- A highly detailed dollhouse was built specifically as a key prop for the character Cece Winchester, serving as a physical miniature representation of the mansion's domestic hierarchy.
- Director Paul Feig, renowned for comedy films, deliberately chose a contrasting musical style for his transition to psychological drama, asking Theodore Shapiro to deliver a score reminiscent of a traditional drama gone wrong.
- Composer Theodore Shapiro brought in violinist and vocalist Caroline Shaw to perform on the soundtrack. Her distinct vocal styles and violin chords were used to create unsettling sound textures throughout the movie.
Official Trailer
About the Movie
Based on Freida McFadden's 2022 bestselling psychological thriller novel, The Housemaid follows Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney), a young woman with a troubled past who is desperate for a fresh start. Desperate for employment, she accepts a position as a live-in housemaid for a wealthy Long Island couple, Nina and Andrew Winchester (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar). While Millie is initially relieved to secure a stable job in a luxurious mansion, she quickly discovers that the Winchesters' seemingly perfect life is built on dark, dangerous secrets, leading to an intense psychological game of manipulation and survival.
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At Soundtrack Wiki, we take musical accuracy seriously. Every track list, scene description, and timestamp featured on this page has been manually verified by our editorial team to ensure it reflects the actual usage in the production.
Our methodology involves cross-referencing official credits, digital fingerprints, and frame-by-frame analysis of the soundtrack in context.

