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Zimmer dedicates performance to Ledger

Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer dedicated a performance of his The Dark Knight theme tune to the movie's late star Heath Ledger.

The German musician played a concert in London on Friday, reviving his iconic movie music with a live orchestra, and he took the opportunity to honour Ledger, who played The Joker in the 2008 Batman blockbuster but died before it was released.

"When Heath died I thought I should make the score simpler but then I knew he would have wanted the edge kept in it," Zimmer told the audience.

The composer was joined on stage by rocker Johnny Marr, his collaborator on The Amazing Spiderman 2 soundtrack, and Happy hitmaker Pharrell Williams at his second gig at London's Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday night.