'Lost' Live: The Final Celebration Recap

by Maggie Furlong, posted May 14th 2010 3:00AM

I've done some cool things for my job, but last night's 'Lost' Live event in Los Angeles will be a tough evening to beat.

Honoring Academy Award-winning 'Lost' composer Michael Giacchino -- who is responsible for the chilling main theme and every note of every episode that makes the scenes of the show that much stronger -- fans gathered at UCLA's Royce Hall to enjoy Giacchino leading a full live orchestra playing some of the show's most memorable tunes in time with a comprehensive slideshow of key moments. Proceeds from the event's ticket sales benefited The Colburn School for the performing arts in Los Angeles.

As if that weren't enough, we were then treated to an early screening of the penultimate episode of 'Lost,' which won't air for another five days. All that in the company of some of the show's biggest stars ... just amazing.

Here are some of the highlights ...

* The red carpet was loaded with 'Lost'-ies past and present, including several Candidates: Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim, Michael Emerson, Nestor Carbonell, L. Scott Caldwell, Henry Ian Cusick, Sonya Walger, Rebecca Mader, Jeremy Davies, Harold Perrineau, Malcolm David Kelley, Ian Somerhalder, Titus Welliver, François Chau and Lance Reddick, just to name a few. (Look for my video interviews with them very soon.)

* I also had the chance to talk to Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, who both seemed pleasantly surprised to hear that I loved this week's episode, 'Across the Sea.' Haters, take note: You'll eat your words with this next episode.


* Once inside, Damon and Carlton introduced all of the stars above -- as well as Sterling Beaumon (young Ben!), William Mapother (Ethan!) and Daniel Roebuck (Arzt!) -- all greeted with rousing applause.

* There were seven orchestral arrangements: 'Lost' Main Theme, Hollywood and Vines, Oceanic 6, The Temple of Boom, Life and Death, The Tangled Web and Parting Words.

* Each song was followed by a cast member reading random letters from the 'Lost' bottle of messages. Call them background players, expendables or socks, but the tear-jerkingly heartfelt letters were all "written by" characters we knew very little about (ahem, Neil Frogurt!), proving that these writers can make us emotional about even the nameless few on this show.

* For his final swan song, the Converse-clad Giachinno threw on a Dharma jumpsuit -- emblazoned with "Conductor" across the back, naturally -- and the orchestra played the 'Up' theme song, one of the songs from the Pixar film that won him the Oscar.

* While the orchestra exited the stage, Damon and Carlton brought out the people who've made 'Lost' possible, episode after episode, year after year. Executive producers Bryan Burk and Jean Higgins; EPs and writers Liz Sarnoff, Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz; and go-to director Jack Bender all received huge rounds of applause.

* Then, settling in for the "What They Died For" episode screening, you could feel the anticipation in the ballroom. In my opinion, the episode did not disappoint, and truly succeeded at getting the pace moving forward again, toward the big finale event.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/14/lost-live-the-final-celebration-recap/

'LOST LIVE' event sold out, promises to preview next to last episode at UCLA

Friday, April 23, 2010
Posted by Corinne Heller at 11:37:42 AM

A LOST finale celebration event at the University of California in Los Angeles that promises to show a sneak peek of the next to last episode of the iconic mystery series ten days before the final show airs, appeared to be sold out minutes after they went on sale on Friday.

The screening is part of an event called "LOST LIVE: The Final Celebration", which promises appearances by cast members such as Michael Emerson (Ben Linus), Jorge Garcia (Hurley) and Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert).


The event is to take place set to take place on May 13 at UCLA's Royce Hall, which seats 1,800.

A UCLA representative from said all tickets offered directly through the school's box office were sold about 20 minutes after they went on sale Friday morning. Ticketmaster's website, which also offered tickets, showed none were available at that time. Some ads offering and requesting tickets were later posted on Craigslist.

Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino will also conduct a live orchestral performance of the music from the series, currently on its sixth and last season.

"A special preview of the penultimate episode will be screened immediately after the concert," ABC said in a statement. UCLA says no cell phones, cameras or recording devices will be allowed.

Hand-held camera recordings of the first episode of LOST's current season were leaked on YouTube after it was screened at a special fan event in Hawaii earlier this year.

The finale of LOST is set to air on Sunday, May 23 on ABC from 9 to 11 p.m ET, following a two-hour recap special. There is no new episode next week but you can see potential spoiler photos of the May 4 show, called "The Candidate".
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/04/lost-live-event-sold-out-promises-to-preview-next-to-last-episode-at-ucla.html