"Mess It All Up"

Album

Lost Season 2 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

1:27

Track type

Emotion Track

Episode title

"Everybody Hates Hugo"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Everybody Hates Hugo"
"Dave"
"Further Instructions"
"Tricia Tanaka Is Dead"
"Enter 77"
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"
"The Lie"
"LA X, Part 2"
"Everybody Loves Hugo"
"The End"

©2006 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Mess It All Up" is an orchestral piece on the Season 2 soundtrack. This slow, dolorous theme initially highlights various things that have gone wrong in Hurley's past, but eventually plays over some of his happier emotional scenes as well.

Main appearanceEdit

Learning that Hurley plans to destroy the Swan's food, Rose demands an explanation. Hurley says he fears the survivors will resent him for his choices. In a flashback, we see how Johnny resented Hurley's newfound wealth when he won the lottery.

Full list of appearancesEdit

"Mess It All Up" and its variations play during the following scenes

• Hurley tells Rose why he wants to blow up the food supply. ("Everybody Hates Hugo")
• Dr. Brooks tells Hurley that Dave is not real. ("Dave")
  • Hurley locks Dave out of the asylum. ("Dave")
  • Libby convinces Hurley the Island is real. ("Dave")
• Michael reminds Hurley of Libby's death in an attempt to recruit him into rescuing Walt, but is stopped by by Kate. ("Three Minutes")
• Hurley reflects on Desmond's apparent premonition. ("Further Instructions")
• Hurley's father leaves him. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
  • Hurley tells Charlie that they need to defy death in order to gain a victory. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
  • Hurley prepares to start the van, telling himself that there is no curse. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
• Amira tells Sayid about her tortured cat. ("Enter 77")
• Jack and Sawyer catch Hurley urinating. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
• Hurley attempts to explain to his mother the events that happened on the Island. ("The Lie")
  • Ben tries to lure Hurley back to the Island. ("The Lie")
• Hurley tells Jack about Jacob's idea to bring Sayid to the Temple. ("LA X, Part 1")
• Hurley leads a group to the temple, as Sawyer and Miles go to bury Juliet. ("LA X, Part 2")
  • He offers his support to dead Sayid. ("LA X, Part 2")
• Hugo meets Libby at the restaurant. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
  • He sees Dr. Brooks lead her into a van. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
  • Hugo and Libby talk in the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
  • The two kiss and Hugo remembers his life on the Island. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
• Hurley comes to terms with his new role as protector of the Island. ("The End")

VariationsEdit

"Closure", "The Lone Hugo", "The Swinging Bendulum", "Smokey and the Bandits" and "Temple And Spring" use the theme from "Mess It All Up".

Title significanceEdit

The piece takes its title from a Hurley quote. Hurley says the new food will "mess it all up"—it will ruin the survivors' dynamic with each other and with Hurley.