The orchestrations are beautiful, atmospheric, and highly memorable. The score to "Lost" is so good, sometimes I feel it provides more characterization to the island setting than the choreography does - it's that exciting and memorable.
This album collects most of the scoring from season one of "Lost" (nothing from season two, unfortunately) in a semi-chronological order. "The Eyeland" is from the series very first scene (the name helps give it away) and "Credit Where Credit is Due", probably the best track on here, is also from the series pilot episode (and it recurrs throughout the season). "I've Got a Plane to Catch" is the scoring during Hurley's chase to get to the airport, and "Parting Words" is the song played during Michael, Walt, Jin, and Sawyer's departure from the island on the raft.
The biggest flaw with this album I noticed right away was that perhaps sequencing the songs in mostly chronological order creates from an incredibly unbalanced listening experience. On this CD, you often find a fast and upbeat chase-like song followed by... two more fast and upbeat chase-like songs, which can become quite repetitive very quickly. In other spots, you find soft, mellow (and mostly background-y) songs coming in groups of four, causing you to lose track of what song you were listening to.
Other than my gripes with the sequencing, this album also strikes out by making some notable ommissions from the "Lost" season one scoring. The song I was looking forward to the most, the song from the opening chase sequence of "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues," is completely missing from the soundtrack. Other ommisions include some of the more tension-building tracks such as the sequence from the beginning of "Whatever the Case May Be" and sequences from "The Moth" (bad episode, but great scoring).
The music of "Lost" may not be as diverse as other modern television soundtracks that mix up heavy orchestration with heavy percussion and background vocals(the current "Battlestar Galactica" is a great example of this, and in some ways it has a better soundtrack than even "Lost"), but the music of "Lost" is deadly consistent, concise, and highly engaging. If only all of season two of "Lost" could be this way... But that's a whole other subject.
Simply put, if you're a fan of "Lost" and a fan of Michael Giacchino, you owe it to yourself to make this purchase and support further releases such as these.
Download these: "Credit Where Credit's Due", "Kate's Motel", and "Hollywood and Vines".
Further listening: "Alias (Soundtrack)" by Michael Giacchino; "Alias - Season 2" by Michael Giacchino; and "Firefly (Original Television Soundtrack) by Greg Edmonson
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