"Locke at It This Way"

Album

Lost: The Final Season (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

1:37

Track type

Character Theme

Episode title

"LA X, Part 2"

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Featured in episode(s)

"LA X, Parts 1 & 2"
"The Substitute"
"The Last Recruit"
"The Candidate"
"The End"

©2010 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Locke at It This Way" is an orchestral piece on the season 6 soundtrack. It serves as John Locke's flash sideways theme.

Main appearanceEdit

In a small Oceanic Airlines office, Jack speaks back and forth on his cell phone with his mother about Christian's missing body. Jack meets Locke, who is finishing up filling out paperwork for his missing case of knives. Jack tells Locke Oceanic lost his father. Locke tells Jack Oceanic has no idea where Jack's dad is; the airline lost his dad's body, not his dad. Seemingly grateful to hear this perception of the ordeal, Jack notices Locke's condition and asks him about it. Locke says it's irreversible, but Jack replies that nothing is. He offers him a free consultation, gives him his business card and holds the door open for Locke to wheel out.

Full list of appearancesEdit

• Locke tells Boone he went to Australia for a walkabout. ("LA X, Part 1")
  • Locke and Jack talk at LAX's lost baggage department. ("LA X, Part 2")
• Locke picks up Jack's business card and calls him before hanging up. ("The Substitute")
  • Locke, with Helen's support, comes to terms with his condition. ("The Substitute")
• John mention's Helen's name in the ambulance. ("The Last Recruit")
• Jack wakes Locke up after surgery. ("The Candidate")
  • Shortly after, Helen hugs Locke. ("The Candidate")
  • Jack meets Locke's father. ("The Candidate")
  • Locke tells Jack about his accident and again refuses surgery. ("The Candidate")
• Jack and Locke talk right before surgery. ("The End")
  • Locke wakes up after surgery. ("The End")

Sheet musicEdit

InfluencesEdit

The piece shares elements with Locke's second theme and Sawyer and Juliet's theme.

VariationsEdit

The theme reappears in "Can't Keep Locke Down", "Flew The Coop", "Helen Of Joy", "The Last Recruit". This piece and FLocke's theme are variations on one another.