"Jack's Swan Song"

Album

Lost Season 5 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

1:20

Track type

Emotion Track

Episode title

"Follow the Leader"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Follow the Leader"
"The Incident, Part 1"
"The Incident, Part 2"
"LA X, Part 1"

©2010 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Jack's Swan Song" is an orchestral piece on the Season 5 soundtrack. The intense motif uses five notes in the minor mode, generally played by the string sections and sometimes ending in a major variation. It serves as a theme for Jughead.

Main appearanceEdit

Having convinced everyone of his plan, Jack puts on his backpack, with Kate's help. He takes a gun from Hurley, then nods at Kate. On the way to the Swan Station site, he passes Sawyer and Juliet, and tells them, "See you in Los Angeles."

Sheet MusicEdit

Full list of appearancesEdit

"Jack's Swan Song" and its variations play during the following scenes:

• Jack and Sayid approach Jughead for the first time. ("Follow the Leader")
• Sayid removes Jughead's core. ("The Incident, Part 1")
  • Richard smashes into Horace's house. ("The Incident, Part 1")
• Jack wishes his friends goodbye and walks to the Swan. ("The Incident, Part 2")
  • Jack navigates through the Swan site. ("The Incident, Part 2")
  • Jack checks with his friends before dropping the core. ("The Incident, Part 2")
  • The Incident begins. ("The Incident, Part 2")
  • Juliet hits Jughead's core. ("The Incident, Part 2")
• A Previously on Lost segment recaps the events leading up to the Incident. ("LA X, Part 1")

InfluencesEdit

The piece's theme is a variation on the main counterpoint. It piece ends on a variation of the main theme.

VariationsEdit

Variations on "Jack's Swan Song" appear in "Dharma Disaster", "Dharma vs Lostaways", "The Incident", and "Sawyer Jones and the Temple of Boom".

Title significanceEdit

A swan song is an entertainer's final performance. Jack goes to the Swan station as this piece plays.