The Traitors is back for another thrilling season and after two weeks, the competition between the Traitors and Faithful is well an truly on.

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As ever, the Faithful are not doing well and have only managed to banish just one Traitor while nine of their own have been lost from the game either through banishment or murder.

Paired with equally tense missions, the action has been accompanied by an epic soundtrack, featuring everything from classic tension-building orchestral numbers to hits from Billie Eilish.

So, if you’re wondering what the songs are that have been ramping up the tension in The Traitors seasons 1, 2 and 3, read on for everything you need to know.

The Traitors soundtrack

The show also features songs by other artists. You can check out a breakdown of the songs in The Traitors below.

Season 3

The cast of The Traitors, smiling and posed ahead. Claudia Winkleman is imposed in the middle of the players.
The cast of The Traitors. BBC / Studio Lambert

Episodes 1 - 3

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Fleurie & Tommee Profitt

Ave Maria - Franz Schubert, Barbara Bonney & Geoffrey Parsons

In The Still Of The Night - Ravn

Ready Or Not - Mischa 'Book' Chillak & Esthero

Little Lies - Fleetwod Mac

Let The Blood Run Wild - Power-Haus, Shyloom & Lløren

Bad Things - burnboy & Brooke Williams

Dangerous Game - Klergy & Beginners

This Is The Beginning - Ely Eira

Dead To Me - Tribal Blood

Requiem For A Tower - London Music Works

Live And Let Die - Chroma

When It's All Over - RAIGN

Breath - Ex Makina

Where It All Begins - Portals

Figure It Out - Royal Blood

No Tomorrow - Joseph William Morgan

Starshine - Kel Constantine

Episodes 4 - 6

The cast of The Traitors.
The cast of The Traitors. BBC / Studio Lambert

Run - Lady Bri, Marvin Brooks & 2WEI

Symphony No 5 - Hidden Citizens

Wake Up World - Ruelle & UNSECRET

Breathe - Tommee Profitt & Fleurie

Hey Now - London Grammar

Bad - Bishop Briggs

One Wrong Move - Powerhäus, Klergy & Lløren

One Of My Kind - Sisi and The Dark Heart & AG

You Don't Own Me - Mascot

Requiem, K, 626: Lacrimosa - Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Bad Guy - Billie Eilish

Heads Will Roll - Elephant Music

Carry You - Ruelle & Fleurie

Castle - Halsey

Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras

Knock You Down - burnboy & Brooke Williams

Pandora - 2WEI - Edda Hayes

No Calm Before The Storm - Atalia

Season 2

Episode 1

Darkside – Neoni

Losing My Religion – BellSaint

Who Can It Be Now – Royal Deluxe

Me And The Devil – Soap&Skin

The Strong Survive – 7kingZ

Insomnia – 2WEI

Angel – Massive Attack

Gangsta’s Paradise – 2WEI

Episode 2

Darkness Inside – Astyria

[I Just] Died In Your Arms – Hidden Citizens

Sour Times – Portishead

Boadicea – Enya

Keep On Fighting – Tribal Blood

Walking On The Moon – Ruelle

Rise Up – 2WEI & Edda Hayes

Episode 3

The One To Survive (feat Josh Bruce Williams) – Hidden Citizens

Monster – Ely Eira

O Fortuna – Hidden Citizens

Tainted Love – Holy Wars & NOCTURN

Blindside – 2WEI & Edda Hayes

Episode 4

Final Hour (feat Ruelle) – Unsecret

In The House, In A Heartbeat – John Murphy

Never Tear Us Apart – Dia Frampton

Wanted Dead Or Alive – Empara Mi & Dreamchild

Whose Side Are You On (feat Ruelle) – Tommee Profitt

Episode 5

Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo

Watch Me - The Phantoms

Fight Till The End - Shangrii-La

There's a Hero In You (feat Fleurie) - Tommee Profitt

My Hero - Ely Eira

Who Will Save Us (feat Fleurie) - Tommee Profitt

Episode 6

Bittersweet Symphony (feat Kat Leon) - Damned Anthem

Gods Will Rise - Tribal Blood

I'd Love To Change The World - Jetta

Fallout - UNSECRET & Neoni

Something Wicked - KELSON

Poison - RAVN

Episode 7

Harry and Zack having a discussion at the roundtable
Harry and Zack in The Traitors.

Teardrop - Massive Attack, Elizabeth Fraser

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Royal Deluxe

Symphony No 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven

Conqueror - Epic Score, Snorre Tidemand

Wicked Game - Ursine Vulpine, Annaca

Empires - Ruelle

Mr Sandman - SYML

Madness - Ruelle

Episode 8

Devil's Gonna Hit You (feat. Blu Holliday) - J2

Mad World - 2WEI & Tommee Profitt

Sinnerman - Nina Simone

White Flag - Bishop Briggs

Challenger I - Joseph William Morgan

Revolution - UNSECRET

Bad to the Bone - 2WEI & Bri Bryant

Season 1

Episode 1

Nothing Is As It Seems (feat Ruelle) – Hidden Citizens

Heart of Glass (Crabtree Remix) – Blondie & Philip Glass

Toxic – 2WEI

Episode 2

Feeling Good – Muse

Land of 1,000 Dances – Wilson Pickett

Sugar Plum Fairy – Tchaikovsky

In the Hall of the Mountain King – Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Lullaby – Johannes Brahms

Zombie – Damned Anthem

Solid Ground – Michael Kiwanuka

Waking Up – MJ Cole and Freya Ridings

Episode 3

Clubbed To Death – Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra and Jules Buckley

Come as You Are – Hannah Miller

Getting Serious – Nick Harvey

Somebody's Watching Me – Portals

Fickle Game – Amber Run

In the Air Tonight (Extended Mix) [feat Shadow Royale] – Joseph William Morgan

Episode 4

Wolves – Sam Tinnesz & Silverburg

Hell To the Liars – London Grammar

Back to the Badlands – Mark Waterfield and Jim Fripp

William Tell-Overture – Lorne Balfe, Russell Emanuel and Steve Kofsky

Save Tonight – Zayde Wølf

Episode 5

Supernatural – Tribal Blood

How Villains Are Made – Madalen Duke

The Assault (feat Justin Starling) – ADIEAUX

The Four Seasons - Summer – Lorne Balfe, Russell Emanuel and Steve Kofsky

Funeral March – 2WEI

Hidden Lies – Skip Armstrong and Lukas Obernosterer

Above the Clouds – Max H

Burn – Astyria

Wanderlust – Empara Mi

Mad World – 2WEI, Tommee Profitt and Fleurie

Episode 6

Ditch – Empara Mi

6 Underground – XHOANA X

Nightcall – London Grammar

Until We Go Down – Ruelle

Bad Things – Summer Kennedy

Believer (feat Colton Dixon) – Tommee Profitt

Episode 7

Seven Devils – Florence + the Machine

My Favourite Game – Arctic Lake

Pure Diamond – Julien Cavard and Raphael Nauleau

If You Wait – London Grammar

It's a Mad World – Astyria

Back to Black (BBC Radio 1 Live Session) – Sam Fender

Twisted Games – Night Panda & Krigaré

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The Traitors airs on BBC One on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 9pm. The first six episodes are now available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

Looking for something else to watch? Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on.

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Authors

Lauren Morris
Lauren MorrisEntertainment and Factual Writer
Katelyn MensahEntertainment and Factual Writer

Katelyn Mensah is the Entertainment and Factual Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.

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