"Proper Motivation"

Album

Lost (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

2:02

Track type

Suspense Track

Episode title

"Hearts and Minds"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Hearts and Minds"
"Exodus, Part 3"
"Man of Science, Man of Faith"

©2006 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Proper Motivation" is an orchestral piece from the Season One soundtrack. It plays as Boone chases after Shannon in his dream.

Main appearance

Tied up, Boone hears Shannon call for help, then hears the Monster. He leans forward painfully untill he retrieves the knife Locke left him and cuts himself free. He runs towards Shannon's voice and finds her tied to a tree. He frees her. They run together from the monster and take shelter in the roots of a Banyan tree.

Full list of appearances

"Proper Motivation" and its variations play during the following scenes:

• Boone, dreaming, unties himself from a tree. ("Hearts and Minds")
• Jack and Locke gaze into the opened hatch. ("Exodus, Part 3")
• We revisit the hatch's opening from Desmond's perspective. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")

Influences

The piece includes the pursuit motif.

Variations

Variations of the theme from this piece appear in "Oceanic 815" and "Peace Through Superior Firepower."

Title significance

In a scene before the track plays, Locke tells a bound Boone he'll be able to reach a knife out of his grasp once he has the "proper motivation."