"Departing Sun"

Album

Lost (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

2:42

Track type

Emotion Track

Episode title

"House of the Rising Sun"

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Featured in episode(s)

"House of the Rising Sun"
"...In Translation"
"Exodus, Part 2"
"The Whole Truth"

©2006 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Departing Sun" is an orchestral piece on the Season One soundtrack. It serves as an early theme for Sun. The Asian-flavored theme plays extensively in "House of the Rising Sun", sometimes sounding beautiful but other times becoming dangerous as Sun is disturbed by Jin's violent behavior.

Scene descriptionEdit

Jack talks to an Oceanic clerk about getting his father's coffin aboard, and Jin stands right behind him. She checks the clock and sees that if she's going to abandon Jin, the time to leave has come.

She gives her husband a last look. He holds out a flower. Sun walks up to him, deciding not to leave him after all.

Full list of appearancesEdit

The theme from "Departing Sun" plays during the following scenes:

• Sun watches Jack and Kate flirt. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Sun tends to some flowers, while Jin kills a fish he has caught. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Sun looks at handcuffed Jin. In a flashback, Jin announces Mr. Paik has approved of their marriage. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Jin comes home with blood on his hands. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Sun and a friend go over her escape plan. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Sun approaches Michael and reveals her knowledge of English. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Sun prepares to leave Jin but changes her mind. ("House of the Rising Sun")
• Jin talks to his father. ("...In Translation")
  • Jin leaves Sun. ("...In Translation")
• A man in the airport bathroom warns Jin against fleeing. ("Exodus, Part 2")
• Sun's fertility doctor tells her Jin is infertile. ("The Whole Truth")

InfluencesEdit

Besides its own theme, the piece incorporates the main theme and its counterpoint.

Title significanceEdit

The phrase "departing sun" is a metaphor for "sunset". In the context of this scenario, however, it takes a more literal connotation, with a woman, named "Sun", planning on leaving her husband, and departing her married lifestyle.