"Benundrum"

Album

Lost Season 4 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

3:24

Track type

Suspense Track

Episode title

"The Shape of Things to Come"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Through the Looking Glass"
"The Shape of Things to Come"
"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3"
"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"

©2009 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Benundrum" is an orchestral piece on the Season 4 soundtrack.

Scene descriptionEdit

Sawyer, carrying Claire, knocks on Ben's door. Hurley smashes a window to let him in.

Miles arrives at the door, and this time, no one hesitates before letting him in. He gives Ben a walkie-talkie.

Full list of appearancesEdit

• Ben orders Ryan to kill Jin. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
• Ben and Jack argue over the satellite phone. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
  • Charlie reminds Bonnie that Ben ordered her death. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
• Ben explains the distress signal. Sawyer leaves to fetch Claire. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • They barricade their house against the mercenaries. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Sawyer arrives at the house. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Ben watches Bakir through a window and follows him. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• Lapidus notices that the chopper is leaking fuel. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
  • The survivors toss objects out in an effort to conserve the fuel supply. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
• At night, a group of medical personnel rescue Locke from the Sahara. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")

Title significanceEdit

The title is a portmanteau of "Ben" and "conundrum".

InfluencesEdit

The piece, aside from its own motif, includes Ben's theme and a blending on the Freighties' motif and their 2nd motif. It ends on the Others' main motif.

VariationsEdit

The motif from Benundrum appears in "Bodies and Bungalows", "Code of Conduct", "Hold the Phone", and "Jintimidating Bernard".