"Awed and Shocked"

Album

Lost Season 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

1:34

Track type

Action Track

Episode title

"A Tale of Two Cities"

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Featured in episode(s)

"A Tale of Two Cities"
"Not in Portland"
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 2"
"The Lie"

©2008 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Awed and Shocked" is an orchestral piece on the Season 3 soundtrack. The confused, disorienting horn melody plays during several scenes at the Hydra station.

Main appearanceEdit

Sawyer notices that Karl's cage is unlocked, then sees Karl outside his own cage. Karl undoes the lock and lets Sawyer out. Sawyer runs into the jungle, then stops when he sees a woman he has never seen before. She shoots him with an electric dart.

The Others take Sawyer back to his cage. Tom presses Karl against the bars and forced him to apologize for involving Sawyer in his breakout attempt.

Full list of appearancesEdit

• Sawyer and Karl try to escape their cages. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Jack holds Juliet hostage. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Juliet knocks him out. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
• A group of Others chase Kate and Sawyer through the jungle. ("Not in Portland")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, the survivors leave the beach. Sayid, Bernard and Jin spring their trap at the beach camp, but fail to kill all the others and are captured. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
• The survivors run from the flaming arrow attack. ("The Lie")

InfluencesEdit

The piece is a variation on the theme from "Getting Ethan". It also incorporates the main theme.

Title significanceEdit

The title plays on the military strategy of shock and awe. During its main appearance, Juliet shocks Sawyer.