"Charlie Hangs Around"

Album

Lost (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

3:17

Track type

Suspense/Emotion Track

Episode title

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"

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Featured in episode(s)

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"
"Homecoming"
"Fire + Water"
"Confirmed Dead"
"LaFleur"
"LA X, Part 1"

©2006 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Charlie Hangs Around" is an orchestral piece on the Season One soundtrack. It plays as Jack tries to resuscitate Charlie.

Scene descriptionEdit

In a flashback, Jack turns in his father for a patient's death.

On the island, Jack and Kate find Charlie in the tree where Ethan hung him. They take him down, and Jack attempts CPR. Kate gives up hope and tells Jack to give up. He does momentarily but eventually resumes. Eventually, however, Charlie starts coughing, and Jack and Kate rejoice.

Full list of appearancesEdit

• Jack fights with Ethan. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")
  • Jack and Kate try to get Charlie down from the tree. ("All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, Jack fights Ethan. ("Homecoming")
• Charlie has a vision in which he tries to save Aaron from drowning in the ocean. ("Fire + Water")
  • The other survivors try to put out the fire Charlie has set near the camp. ("Fire + Water")
• Locke tries to help Charlotte after Ben shoots her. ("Confirmed Dead")
• The alarm begins to sound in the Barracks, and everyone is forced to evacuate indoors. ("LaFleur")
• Jack tries to resuscitate Charlie. ("LA X, Part 1")

InfluencesEdit

The piece begins with a short section of the life and death theme, before moving on to the piece's own motif. The second movement is another variation on the life and death theme.

VariationsEdit

The piece's motif also appears in "Charlie's Dream".

Title significanceEdit

Jack and Kate find Charlie hanging from a tree by his neck.