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Hope Giving "Dance of the Dog's Howl"

Melty Molten was easily one of the first songs that stuck out to me back in the Wii era of gaming, I really loved the idea of "Middle Eastern/desert meets orchestra" that Melty Molten presented to me. The drums, the sitar, the "space" synths that's used throughout all of Galaxy's OST, all intertwined with an great orchestral backing to boot - it's SUCH a excellent choice for a "lava planet" stage that I feel it deserves to have a spot when speaking about the best of what Mario offers overall for music.

Dog's Howl, on the other hand....I first got introduced to the soundtrack thanks to cako, WAY back in the first year of Supracord guessing games. I had less of an idea of who Hamauzu was - I wasn't too familiar with the names of Squeenix composers, only the works themselves - but hearing Dog's Howl for the first time instantly got me hooked and I immediately wanted to know more of what Hamauzu made. The song for me is "dramatic and energetic mixed together correctly", with the strong violins, the keyboard, the cool synths, the slight pop rhythm at a certain part; I have replayed this song SO many times over the past 2 years, just to keep getting the same feeling of me being swept away for the first time.

TL:DR, I both really love and really hate this matchup. Easily two of the best songs I've ever heard in my life, and I'm both happy and sad they're facing each other like this. I'll be sad to see the loser go, but I'm so happy it'll have ended like this.