Love Actually Movie Songs 〈QUICK ◉〉

Played during the devastating scene where Emma Thompson’s character discovers her husband’s infidelity, this song provides what many call the film's most "gut-wrenching" moment.

A powerhouse vocal performance during the school Christmas pageant that brings multiple storylines to a climax. The Complete Song List love actually movie songs

Joni Mitchell + Olivia Olson back to back. That’s the whole movie. Played during the devastating scene where Emma Thompson’s

A purposely awful, cheeky rewrite of "Love Is All Around" (Troggs/Wet Wet Wet). Becomes a UK #1 in the story. Satirizes cynical pop Christmas songs while ironically becoming the film’s most memorable “hit.” That’s the whole movie

Background music when Jamie goes to Marseille to find Aurélia, surrounded by locals speaking a language he doesn’t understand – love as a universal tongue.

Heard when Emma Thompson’s Karen realizes her husband’s necklace isn’t for her. Devastating use of a song – the orchestral swell underlines heartbreak, not romance. The film’s saddest, most mature moment.

If Love Actually is the ultimate modern Christmas movie, its soundtrack is the heartbeat that keeps the sprawling, multi-story narrative alive. While Richard Curtis’s script weaves together ten different storylines, it is the music that acts as the emotional glue, guiding the audience from the stirrings of attraction to the devastation of heartbreak, and finally, to holiday euphoria.