Hans Zimmer, the musical mind behind some of the greatest cinematic soundtracks of all time, including Dune, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and No Time To Die, took time from his concert Hans Zimmer Live at London's O2 Arena to pay tribute to those suffering through the needless war in Ukraine.

It was during his song "Time," a track from the Christopher Nolan film Inception, where Zimmer played a video to the crowd, of a musician named Alex in the city of Lviv playing the song on a piano for onlookers on the street. Suddenly, air raid sirens begin to blare, but that did not stop the determined pianist from continuing his impromptu concert.

John Stanmeyer, a photographer for National Geographic, caught the whole event and took to Instagram with the footage. Stanmayer wrote this about the awe-inspiring performance,

"When bomb sirens began, police asked everyone to move inside the railway station. Alex @alexpian_official wouldn't stop, playing his piano louder against the air raid warning. His friend joined with the most calming pink nails. A simple, overwhelming one-minute passion against fear, against war... He went on and on, never letting go."

The determination can be seen in Alex's face as he plays through the whine of the sirens, never wavering from the task at hand. Others re-posted the footage on Twitter for the world to see.

The tribute from Zimmer didn't stop there. His emotions ran high, as the Oscar-winning composer introduced members of his orchestra who are of Ukrainian descent:

"When Covid stopped us from coming here 885 days ago, we booked our orchestra from Ukraine, from Odessa, and we only managed to get 10 people out... So just welcome them."

The stage lights then cast the crowd in a sea of blue and yellow, as the onlookers ripped into a roaring standing ovation in solidarity.

In his final act of tribute, Zimmer lead the orchestra into a pulse-pounding rendition of the score he wrote for Wonder Woman, tell in the crowd,

"One of the things which I thought was remarkable about the people that we did bring back out of the Ukraine, that was left behind from the orchestra, it was a lot of women. They taught me who the real wonder women are and so I would like to celebrate them with this little ditty called 'Wonder Woman.' Is She With You?"

A fitting tribute, indeed. Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine.

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