Soundtrack Review: Lost Season 3 by Michael Giacchino (2008)

Posted by Jorn Tillnes

May 19, 2008

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051208 1541 soundtrackr11 Soundtrack Review: Lost Season 3 by Michael Giacchino (2008) This is a review of the TV series score for Lost Season 3 by Michael Giacchino.

“Yes, you can still hear the “Lost” sound, but there’s more to this than you think”

Lost fans, brace yourself! This is the release you have been waiting for. If you are a fan of the show, the music and Michael Giacchino then you probably already pre-ordered this when it was announced and listening to it right now. It is simply packed with music and it comes not on 1 cd, but 2. Not often do we get 2 cd releases right of the bat like this, it’s almost unheard of. Michael Giacchino is the man behind this feat and I have listened to it all. This is the track list of Lost Season 3:

Track List

CD1

In With Kaboom!
Main Title
Awed And Shocked
Fool Me Twice
Pagoda Of Shame
The Island
Eko Of The Past
Church Of Eko’s
Leggo My Eko
Romancing The Cage
Under The Knife
Teaser Time
Here Today, Gone To Maui
Distraught Desmond
Achara, Glad To See Me?
Ocean’s Apart
The Lone Hugo
Fetch Your Arm
Ain’t Talkin’bout Nothin’
Shambala
Claire-A Culpa
A Touching Moment
Sweet Expose
Storming Monster
Heart Of Thawyer
Juliette Is Lost
Beach Blanket Bonding
Rushin’ The Russian
Deadly Fertily
Dharmacide

CD2

Paddle Jumper
She’s Dynamite
The Good, The Bad And The Ominous
Charlie’s Fate
Paddle Jumper Reprise
Ta-Ta Charlie
Heirloom Holiday
Greatest Hits
Flying High
The Good Shepherd
Manifesting Destiny
The Looking Glass Ceiling
Ex Marks The Jack
Jintimidating Bernard
Benomination Of The Temple
An Other Dark Agenda
Kate Makes A Splash
Diving Desmond
Weapon Of Mass Distraction
The Fallen Hero
Sticking To Their Guns
Torture Me Not
Through The Locke-Ing Glass
The Only Pebble In The Jungle
Early Mourning Mystery
Patchy At Best
All Jack’ed Up
Hold The Phone
Code Of Conduct
Act Now, Regret Later
Just What The Doctor Ordered
Hurley’s Helping Hand
Looking Glass Half Full
Jack Fm
Naomi Phone Home
Flash Forward Flashback
End Title

Fully Loaded

What can you say about 67 completely new tracks from the Lost series? How about a total play time of 2 hours 34 minutes? In my dream world, this is what soundtracks looks like, so let me just say how impressed I am and pleased that it is possible. Now back to business, what does the soundtrack sound like? If you have heard Lost Season 2 and Lost Season 1 soundtracks you have a pretty good idea, but I feel that Michael Giacchino has evolved. Yes, you can still hear the “Lost” sound, but there’s more to this than you think. I used to think the previous Lost soundtracks were a bit random, but this is different.

Different, But The Same

What is different about season 3? I am not sure, as I stopped watching after season 2, but maybe my love for lost has been rekindled with this massive effort by Michael Giacchino. What I do know is that there is a theme here, and much more varied than before while still retaining that feeling from the previous seasons. Lost is Michael Giacchino’s legacy, he will always be connected to Lost and Lost will always be connected to Michael Giacchino. Seeing how this soundtrack differs from his previous efforts, there might be a very happy ending here and I’m not talking about the show. All in all, I am very impressed, but there’s still a long way to go. Listening to this gives me hope that he will do something different from Star Trek and not fall into the trap of repeating himself too much. Bravo Michael Giacchino for a score well done. I think this will please both fans of the show and the music and also people who found season 1 and season 2 scores a bit too much “out there”.

Negatives: