"Through the Locke'ing Glass"

Album

Lost Season 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Track length

2:13

Track type

Character theme

Episode title

"Through the Looking Glass, Part 1"

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Featured in episode(s)

"Deus Ex Machina"
"Exodus, Part 3"
"Orientation"
"What Kate Did"
"Lockdown"
"S.O.S."
"?"
"Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1"
"Further Instructions"
"Every Man for Himself"
"The Man from Tallahassee"
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 1"
"Through the Looking Glass, Part 2"
"Eggtown"
"The Other Woman"
"Cabin Fever"
"Because You Left"
"Jughead"
"This Place Is Death"
"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
"Follow the Leader"

©2008 Varèse Sarabande and Michael Giacchino

"Through the Locke'ing Glass" is an orchestral piece on the Season 3 soundtrack. Its theme characterizes several of John Locke's mysterious island experiences.

Main appearance

Locke is in the mass grave. He takes a pistol from a dead body, sees that it's loaded and holds it to his head. Before he pulls the trigger though, a voice from above stops him. It's Walt.

Walt tells him to get up, dismissing Locke's claims that he cannot. He tells Locke he has work to do. Locke smiles.

Full list of appearances

The piece's theme plays during the following scenes:

• Locke's mother tells him that he's special. ("Deus Ex Machina")
  • Locke tells Boone about his dream. ("Deus Ex Machina")
  • They find the plane. ("Deus Ex Machina")
  • Boone climbs up to the plane. ("Deus Ex Machina")
  • Locke and his father talk right before surgery. ("Deus Ex Machina")
• Locke tells Jack that it was their destiny to come to the Island and that they must open the Hatch. ("Exodus, Part 3")
  • Locke and Hurley talk on the way to the Hatch. ("Exodus, Part 3")
  • Locke and Jack remove the Hatch cover. ("Exodus, Part 3")
• Desmond explains pushing the button to Locke. ("Orientation")
  • Alone at the computer, Locke yells in frustration. ("Orientation")
  • Locke and Jack argue over pushing the button. ("Orientation")
• Eko shows Locke what he found in the Arrow Station. ("What Kate Did")
• Locke and Henry talk about getting the blast doors open. ("Lockdown")
• Locke asks Henry whether or not he pushed the button. Henry smiles at his frustration. ("S.O.S.")
• Eko and Locke return to the burnt Beechcraft plane. ("?")
  • Eko and Locke open the Pearl station hatch. ("?")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, Michael is ordered by the Others to rescue Ben. He does so, shooting Ana Lucia and Libby in the process. He tries to convince Jack to follow him to the Others' camp to rescue Walt. Sayid, however, believes he has been compromised. At Ana Lucia and Libby's funerals, Sun spots a sailboat offshore. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
  • Locke approaches Desmond after his return to camp. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, Locke causes a system failure in the Hatch. Desmond turns the failsafe key. ("Further Instructions")
• Ben shows Sawyer the main Island from the Hydra. ("Every Man for Himself")
• Ben questions Locke about the Island curing him of his paralysis. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
  • Ben tells Locke about the magic box. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
  • He takes Locke to see what came out of it. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
• Locke reads Sawyer's file. ("The Brig")
  • Sawyer talks to Anthony Cooper. ("The Brig")
• Walt appears before Locke. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 1")
• Locke throws a knife into Naomi's back. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
• Locke apprehends Kate and Miles. ("Eggtown")
• Ben shows Locke a videotape of Charles Widmore. ("The Other Woman")
• Locke enters the Cabin and talks to Christian. ("Cabin Fever")
• Jack looks at Locke's coffin. ("Because You Left")
  • Locke sees the Beechcraft once again in the trees. ("Because You Left")
  • Richard treats Locke's wound. ("Because You Left")
• Locke looks out over the 1954 Others' camp. ("Jughead")
• Locke prepares to descend into the Orchid well. ("This Place Is Death")
  • He talks to Christian near the frozen wheel. ("This Place Is Death")
• In a Previously on Lost recap, the man in the coffin is revealed to be Locke. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
• We revisit the scene of Richard helping Locke. ("Follow the Leader")

Influences

The piece begins with Locke's first theme before moving into its own theme, and the two themes share elements.

Variations

"The Final Countdown", "Naomi Phone Home" and "Oceanic 815" use the theme.

Title significance

The title inserts Locke's name into the name of the episode.