LOST Soundtrack Analysis - 2x10 "The 23rd Psalm" (Mr. Eko's Themes... and more!)

"I've only done what I needed to do to survive."
For a man without a soul, Mr. Eko gets an awful lot of recurring musical themes and motifs. "The 23rd Psalm" and its brilliant soundtrack connect Eko's storyline to Locke's, while giving us a glimpse of a future major theme. Go watch it! ⛪🇳🇬🛩
So many years after the show's ending, Michael Giacchino's amazing soundtrack for LOST still has many, many secrets to uncover. Not only does every main character have their own theme music, but much like the interconnected writing of the show itself, Giacchino's score connects locations, scenes, emotions and conflicts in unbelievably brilliant ways. For the foreseeable future, I will be exploring Michael Giacchino's soundtrack from ABC's LOST in a weekly video, covering all episodes of the show and their musical connections to each other.

[@FringeMusic107]

Themes, motifs and soundtrack titles covered in this video: 0:00 EKO'S MAIN MOTIF 1:13 EKO'S BRASS MOTIF - 1:21 "Eko of the Past" 1:40 EKO'S MAIN MOTIF + 2:40 SWAN STATION MOTIF 3:23 EKO'S 2ND MOTIF 4:25 LOCKE'S MOTIF (BEECHCRAFT) 4:44 EKO'S MAIN MOTIF 4:58 EKO'S 3RD MOTIF - 6:40 "Leggo My Eko" 8:25 EKO'S ACTION MOTIF - 8:50 "Leggo My Eko" - 9:36 "For Love of the Dame" 9:50 RESCUE MOTIF - 10:52 "Looking Glass Half Full" 11:24 EKO'S THEME - 11:24 "All's Forgiven... Except Charlie" - 13:11 "All's Forgiven... Except Charlie" - 14:35 "All's Forgiven... Except Charlie" - 14:59 "Leggo My Eko" - 15:50 "All's Forgiven... Except Charlie"

[@Disneymore]

one of my favorite themes and characters! it has such a special feeling to it..peacful and like how forgiveness would sound like...I love every scene it appears, and I especially love its use in "?", because there it is played when eko tells john about his perspective and it's kind of powerful in my opinion...I especially love its variation in "leggo my eko" and I love the soundtrack extension and wish it was included in the show

[@bonebonebonebonebonebone2094]

Probably a huge stretch, but I do love the fact that the synth playing at 6:15 ish when Eko confronts his dead brother ends up being the same exact synth that forms the basis for Hurley's "medium" theme.

[@FringeMusic107]

I like that a lot! I think you could argue that Giacchino uses the synthesizer on the show to represent the afterlife or general spiritual themes.

[@Choekaas]

Damn, I didn't think that Eko motif appeared in "Some Like it Hoth". I just thought it was just that Swan motif from "Orientation" there. Really cool that that action theme appeared in the cabin. You could theoretically say that there is a musical connection between Eko and the Man in Black. Therefore adding further proof that it was MIB there. But I guess that Giacchino threw it in as a normal action piece in "The Variable" anyway, since that scene has nothing to do with Eko or MIB. Also quite surprised that the Rescue motif appeared in this episode! I always thought its first apperance was in "Live Together, Die Alone" and that was very clever of Giacchino since that end scene is the first step toward the freighter storylines. But seeing it so eary with the parachute is fun! Great video. Leggo My Eko is such an emotional piece to end it with. Loved that it was played in Dublin last year.

[@FringeMusic107]

I like that about the connection between Eko and the Man In Black! Works for me; the music is simply signaling to us that we're seeing the monster in action again. 😉 Can 't justify its use in the gun fight though, haha. Eko's theme is so great. I wish it had been part of the vinyl release. Perhaps it wasn't because Giacchino introduced it as Juliet's theme. 😜

[@Choekaas]

@@FringeMusic107 Haha, yeah, maybe that's why it was omitted :D

[@Disneymore]

@@FringeMusic107 that was actually pretty embarrassing (I also was in Dublin for the concert last year!^^) to be honest but never mind xD I loved that they played his theme there, but it's really sad, that it isn't on the concert album ..such a shame and also the final cue of the concert isn't on the concert album... but well with "moving on" it has the perfect ending

[@danielgray2661]

I got to the end of the video and I thought 'What about the most iconic scene of the episode with the smoke monster'? Then I realised that there was no soundtrack playing during that.

[@FringeMusic107]

Hehe, it would have been nice to squeeze that scene in there somehow anyway. 😛 I actually was thinking about doing a video on that scene, because I have a theory that the unused "Previously on..." music from "The Cost Of Living" was composed for that moment and I have some arguments to back that up, but... that might be a bit too nerdy. Maybe someday!

[@raivichalves]

@@FringeMusic107 hey, have you made this video? I would love to see it.

[@FringeMusic107]

@@raivichalves I did get into it for a tiny bit in the first minutes of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4q7pqCehZl_gKs But I ended up mostly explaining it in one of the comments.