"Dharmacide"

Album

Lost Season 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

3:56

Track type

Character Theme

Episode title

"The Man Behind the Curtain"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Three Minutes"
"Live Together, Die Alone"
"A Tale of Two Cities"
"The Glass Ballerina"
"Every Man for Himself"
"I Do"
"Not in Portland"
"Enter 77"
"Par Avion"
"The Man from Tallahassee"
"Left Behind"
"One of Us"
"D.O.C."
"The Man Behind the Curtain"
"Greatest Hits"
"Through the Looking Glass"
"Confirmed Dead"
"The Economist"
"Eggtown"
"The Other Woman"
"The Shape of Things to Come"
"Cabin Fever"
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3"
"Because You Left"
"The Lie"
"The Little Prince"
"This Place Is Death"
"316"
"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
"Namaste"
"He's Our You"
"Whatever Happened, Happened"
"Dead Is Dead"
"Follow the Leader"
"The Incident, Parts 1 & 2"
"LA X, Part 1"
"Dr. Linus"
"What They Died For"
"The End"
"The New Man in Charge"

©2008 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Dharmacide" is an orchestral piece on the Season 3 soundtrack. It contains a sinister seven-note melody for muted trombones or strings, consisting of two similar descending figures, each ending with a half-step glissando. The theme originally characterized the Others in general but later turned into Ben Linus's character theme.

Main appearanceEdit

In the van with his father, Ben straps on a mask and opens a canister of poison gas. Then he goes to the barracks, where the gas has killed everyone in the DHARMA Initiative. He shuts Horace's eyes. When Richard comes, Ben removes his gas mask. Richard offers to retrieve Roger's body, but Ben says to leave it behind.

Full list of appearancesEdit

"Dharmacide" and its variations play during the following scenes.

• Michael communicates with "Walt" on the Swan computer. ("Three Minutes")
  • He locks Jack in the Swan armory. ("Three Minutes")
  • Pickett pushes Kate out to Tom. ("Three Minutes")
• Jack and the others discuss their plan to rescue Walt. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
• Sayid finds the Others' camp deserted. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
  • Ben arrives at the dock to talk business with Michael.
  • Ben instructs Michael on how to leave the island. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2")
• Ben has breakfast with Kate. ("A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Ben tells Juliet "Good work," to which she replies, "Thank you, Ben." ("A Tale of Two Cities")
• Sayid, Sun and Jin decide to dock at the Pala ferry. ("The Glass Ballerina")
  • Alex runs away after talking to Kate. ("The Glass Ballerina")
  • Sun has a standoff with Colleen as the Others board the boat. ("The Glass Ballerina")
• Several Others carry Colleen to the main medical building at the Hydra. ("Every Man for Himself")
• Jack puts Ben under anesthesia. ("I Do")
  • Jack operates on Ben. ("I Do")
• Juliet orders several Others to find Kate and Sawyer, and either capture or kill them. ("Not in Portland")
  • Alex, Sawyer and Kate interrogate Aldo. ("Not in Portland")
• Kate and Sayid interrogate Ms. Klugh. ("Enter 77")
• Jack's rescue party arrives at the outskirts of the Barracks. ("Par Avion")
• Ben asks Tom to fetch the man from Talahassee. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, Kate, Locke and Sayid spy on Jack and the Others. Sayid says that Jack may have been compromised. Kate tries to rescue him, but is captured. ("Left Behind")
• Jack says that Juliet is under his protection. ("One of Us")
  • Sawyer sees Juliet. ("One of Us")
  • Juliet explains the reason for Claire's sudden illness. ("One of Us")
  • Ben and Juliet discuss their plan for her to go undercover. ("One of Us")
• Jin shows Desmond the phone that Mikhail tried to steal. Mikhail nonchalantly admits to it. ("D.O.C.")
• Ben is born. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben and his father step on to the Island for the first time. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Annie helps Ben during an attack by the Hostiles. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • After seeing a vision of his mother, Ben looks at a photo of his parents. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben and Locke leave to go see Jacob. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Annie gives Ben two dolls as a birthday present. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Roger complains about being "stuck on this island" with Ben. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben sees his mother out by the sonic fence. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben orders Locke to follow him when Locke stops to examine the ash line around the cabin. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • The survivors hear Ben's instructions to Juliet. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben tells Richard about his visions of his mother. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben gets dressed, packs Annie's doll and reminds his father it's his birthday. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben kills his father, observes the Purge's aftermath and joins the Others. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
  • Ben takes Locke to the mass grave, shoots him, and leaves him for dead. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
• Ben returns Alex's gun. ("Greatest Hits")
  • He gives instructions to his people to move up the attack on the beach. ("Greatest Hits")
• Ben sends Mikhail to the Looking Glass. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
  • Ben orders Mikhail to kill Charlie, Greta, and Bonnie. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
• Ben appears in the path of the survivors on their way to the radio tower. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
• Locke reveals that he is getting his orders from Walt. ("Confirmed Dead")
  • Locke looks at Ben after he tries to kill Charlotte. ("Confirmed Dead")
  • Miles reveals the team has come to the island to take Ben. ("Confirmed Dead")
  • He confirms that the Science team is there for him, and that he has a man on the boat. ("Confirmed Dead")
• Ben tells Sawyer that Locke is looking for the cabin because he doesn't know what to do next. ("The Economist")
  • Miles asks where Ben's house is. ("The Economist")
  • Sayid finds Ben's fake passports. ("The Economist")
  • Sayid finds Ben in the Others' game room. ("The Economist")
  • It is revealed that Sayid is working for Ben. ("The Economist")
• Miles talks to Ben. ("Eggtown")
• Juliet and Goodwin talk on the beach. ("The Other Woman")
  • Ben leaves Juliet with Goodwin's dead body. ("The Other Woman")
  • Ben walks outside after Locke frees him. ("The Other Woman")
• Ben hops on a horse. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Ben crashes Nadia's funeral. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Ben sees Sayid on TV. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Ben tells Keamy to kill Alex, who means nothing to him. He does. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Ben enters his secret room. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Ben cries over Alex's body. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

Ben banishes himself for the Island's sake

• Locke tells Hurley about the Purge. ("Cabin Fever")
• Ben signals the Others with a mirror. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1")
• Keamy dies after being stabbed by Ben, triggering the bomb on the Freighter. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
  • Ben says goodbye to Locke. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
  • He enters the frozen chamber. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
  • Ben turns the frozen wheel. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
• Ben and Jack recall the Island vanishing. ("Because You Left")
  • We see Ben again turn the frozen wheel. ("Because You Left")
• Ben retrieves supplies from behind a vent. ("The Lie")
  • Ben talks to Jill. ("The Lie")
• Ben meets with Dan Norton about Hurley's arrest. ("The Little Prince")
  • Later, he talks to Kate at the dock. ("The Little Prince")
• Ben tells Sun he can bring proof Jin is alive. ("This Place Is Death")
  • Ben stops his car and yells at Jack and Sun. ("This Place Is Death")

Jacob falls against Ben after being stabbed and touches Ben's arm.

• Ben tells Jack the story of Thomas the Apostle. ("316")
• Ben watches Locke from a street. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
  • Ben examines Jin's wedding ring. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
• Sun follows Ben into the jungle. ("Namaste")
  • Ben introduces himself to Sayid. ("Namaste")
• Ben collapses after Sayid shoots him. ("He's Our You")
• Jin comes upon a wounded Ben. ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
  • Roger admits to Kate that he failed as a father. ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
  • Juliet and Kate load Ben into the van. ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
  • Kate takes Ben out to the sonic fence. ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
  • Richard agrees to heal Ben. ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
  • Locke wakes Ben up. ("Whatever Happened, Happened")
• Widmore wakes up Ben and introduces himself. ("Dead Is Dead")
  • Ben suggests to Caesar that Locke was already on the Island when Flight 316 crashed. ("Dead Is Dead")
  • Ben kills Caesar and threatens the other Ajira passengers. ("Dead Is Dead")
  • Ben kidnaps baby Alex. ("Dead Is Dead")
  • Later, he cradles her. ("Dead Is Dead")
  • Ben prepares to summon the Monster. ("Dead Is Dead")
  • The Monster judges Ben. ("Dead Is Dead")
• Roger talks again to Kate about Ben. ("Some Like It Hoth")
• Ben tells Sun that Locke is the new leader of the Others. ("Follow the Leader")
• Ben admits to Locke that he's never met Jacob. ("The Incident, Part 1")
• Ben complains to Jacob and then kills him. ("The Incident, Part 2")
• Richard interrogates Ben about what happened in the statue. ("LA X, Part 1")

Ben takes his revenge on Widmore.

• Ilana orders Ben to dig his own grave. ("Dr. Linus")
  • He digs it. ("Dr. Linus")
  • The Man in Black offers Ben the Island. ("Dr. Linus")
  • Ben confesses his guilt about Alex to Ilana. ("Dr. Linus")
  • Redeemed, he returns to camp. ("Dr. Linus")
• Ben walks over Alex's grave. ("What They Died For")
  • Ben says goodbye to Widmore before he hides in his secret room. ("What They Died For")
  • After Ben shoots Widmore, he tells Man in Black that "he doesn't get to save his daughter". He asks if there are "other people to kill". ("What They Died For")
• Ben switches off his walkie-talkie so the Man in Black can't hear it. ("The End")
  • Ben, in a flash sideways, speaks to Locke for the last time, apologizing for killing him. ("The End")
  • Hurley tells Ben that he was a great "Number Two". ("The End")
• Ben approaches Glen and Hector and introduces himself. ("The New Man in Charge")
  • He lets them each ask him one question. ("The New Man in Charge")

Sheet musicEdit

VariationsEdit

"Alex in Chains", "Beach Blanket Bonding", "Bobbing for Freighters", "Bon Voyage, Traitor", "Claire-a Culpa", "Closure", "Early Mourning Mystery", "Fool Me Twice", "Karma Has No Price", "Hide and Snitch", "The Hunt", "Hostile Negotiations", "Jacob's Stabber", "Locke of the Island", "The Looking Glass Ceiling", "Making Up for Lost Time", "Smokey and the Bandits", "Teaser Time", "Torture Me Not", "Under the Knife", and "Your Kharma Hit My Dharma" use the theme from "Dharmacide".

Title significanceEdit

"Dharmacide" is a portmanteau of "DHARMA" and the suffix "-cide" dealing with killing and murder. It refers to the Purge.