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Heath Ledger's Music Videos Come To Light

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by David J. Prince, N.Y.  |   March 16, 2009 3:47 EDT

Modest Mouse's Heath Ledger-directed video is coming soon.

Two music videos which represent actor Heath Ledger's last directorial work before his death in January 2008 will be released this year.

Modest Mouse plans to release the animated video for "King Rat," a bonus track from the band's 2007 "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank," Billboard has confirmed.  The news was first reported by Spin magazine on its website.  A video for Grace Woodroofe's cover of David Bowie's "Quicksand" is also set for release this year, along with her Ben Harper-produced debut album, the L.A. Weekly reports.

The Oscar-winning actor directed "King Rat" for Modest Mouse after meeting singer Isaac Brock in Australia.  "Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in Australia, my fiancé and some of us in the band went out on a boat with him and his family and friends and talked about the idea," Brock told VH1 in 2007 interview. "The idea sort of dropped, but then he just sent me an email saying that he wanted to do it."

The video is animated by director and illustrator Daniel Auber, a member of Ledger's art collective The Massive.

Modest Mouse wrapped up its most recent tour this past weekend in New York at Terminal 5.  The band will perform the song "Satellite Skin" on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Wednesday (March 18).

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