The Fall of Man

"The Fall of Man"
Album	6
Length	2:58
Type	Character Theme
Played	"Ab Aeterno" "Across the Sea" "The End"

"The Fall of Man" is an orchestral piece on the season 6 soundtrack. It plays during many scenes featuring the Man in Black in his original form.

Main appearance

The Man in Black reveals to Richard that he is the black smoke. He dodges Richard's other questions though, and pushes him to kill Jacob, saying it's the only way to again see his wife.

Richard walks to the ruined statue. Jacob spots him, and the two fight until Jacob disarms Richard.

Full list of appearances

The piece and its variations play during the following scenes:

• The Man in Black discusses Jacob and makes a deal with Richard in 1867. ("Ab Aeterno")
  • Jacob dunks Richard in the ocean. ("Ab Aeterno")
  • Richard returns to the Man in Black and gives him a white rock from Jacob. ("Ab Aeterno")
  • The Man in Black demands that Jacob let him leave the island, which Jacob refuses. ("Ab Aeterno")
• The Boy in Black finds a Senet board. ("Across the Sea")
  • The Boy in Black tells Jacob and his Mother that he is going to live with the other people. ("Across the Sea")
  • Jacob visits the Man in Black at his camp. ("Across the Sea")
  • The Man in Black explains to Jacob how he intends to leave the island. ("Across the Sea")
  • Jacob tells his mother that the Man in Black has found a way to leave. ("Across the Sea")
  • The Man in Black discovers his camp has been burned down by his mother. ("Across the Sea")
  • The Man in Black stabs his mother and is attacked by Jacob. ("Across the Sea")
• Defeated by Jack and Kate trying to be free of the Island, the Man in Black is kicked off the cliff and falls to his death. ("The End")
  • Sawyer looks over the cliff and sees the Man in Black dead on the rocks below. Kate questions why the Island is still going down even with Locke dead. ("The End")

Influences

Besides its own theme, the piece includes a variation on Richard's theme.

Variations

The theme reappears in "And Death Shall Have No Dominion", "Dead Man Talking", "Jacob's Advocate", "Locke v. Jack" and "The Long Kiss Goodbye", "Make Like A Tree", "Mother of a Plan", and "Mother of Sorrows".

Title significance

In religion, the Fall of Man refers to humanity's turning from God, specifically the story of Adam and Eve. When the piece plays last, the Man in Black falls off a cliff.