"Main Counterpoint"

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Lost (Original Television Soundtrack)

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"Pilot, Part 1"
"Pilot, Part 2"
"Tabula Rasa"
"House of the Rising Sun"
"The Moth"
"Whatever the Case May Be"
"Numbers"
"Deus Ex Machina"
"Born to Run"
"The Other 48 Days"
"Exodus, Part 3"
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 1"
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 3"
"The Incident, Part 2"
"The Package"
"The Last Recruit"
"What They Died For"
"The End"

©2006 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

A main counterpoint often plays in conjunction with the show's main theme.

Full list of appearancesEdit

• Jack accepts Boone's pens and then hunts for a sewing kit. ("Pilot, Part 1")
• Kate agrees to let Sun keep watch as she bathes. ("Pilot, Part 2")
• Jack tells Kate that their pre-Island lives no longer matter. ("Tabula Rasa")
• Jack suggests that Adam and Eve lived in the caves. ("House of the Rising Sun")
  • Jack walks away from Kate, having failed to convince her to come to the caves.
  • Sun prepares to leave the airport but stays with Jin.
• Walt catches sight of Jack, who has just escaped the caves. ("The Moth")
  • Soon after, the crowd congratulates Charlie for his contribution.
• The survivors move to the second beach camp. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
• Hurley gives Sayid the battery he received from Rousseau. ("Numbers")
• Sawyer looks successfully through his new glasses. ("Deus Ex Machina")
• Boone starts his last words. ("Do No Harm")
• The sun sets as survivors work on the raft. ("Born to Run")
• After Sayid's return, he and Shannon embrace. ("Exodus, Part 3")
• Ana speaks to Eko for the first time. ("The Other 48 Days")
• Rose talks to Bernard before leaving for the radio tower. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
  • Shortly after, Jin talks to Sun.
• Daniel, Jin, Sun, Aaron, and other survivors depart the Island on the Zodiac. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1")
• Juliet thanks Daniel for his help on the Island, as he and other survivors depart on the Zodiac. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
• Michael sends Jin to the helicopter. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
• The shootout occurs at the Swan construction site. ("The Incident, Part 2")
  • The Incident begins.
• Sun writes on her notepad to Jack about meeting Locke. ("The Package")
• Sun wakes up in the hospital. ("The Last Recruit")
• Jack volunteers to become Protector. ("What They Died For")
• Jack and Kate speak before they kiss goodbye. ("The End")
  • Hurley and Ben pull Desmond out of the Heart on the rope.
  • Christian pats Jacks shoulder. On the island, Jack clutches his wound.

InfluencesEdit

The motif relates to the main theme.

VariationsEdit

The counterpoint appears in "Ana Cries", "Bobbing for Freighters", "Credit Where Credit Is Due," "Departing Sun", "Flying High", "The Long Kiss Goodbye", "Moving On", "Oceanic 815", "Shepharding Sun", "Sunny Outlook", "The Incident" and "What They Died For". A number of other variations appear as Jughead's theme.