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|caption=30-second clip of '''"Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit"'''.

'''"Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit"''' is the final boss battle theme of ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', as well as [[Fecto Elfilis]] and [[Chaos Elfilis]]'s theme song. It was composed by [[Hirokazu Ando]].<ref name="composer"></ref>

 

It can be found as track 71 at the [[Jukebox/Kirby and the Forgotten Land|Waddle Live! Corner Stage]].

The first part of the song is in E flat major, and is around four minutes long. It features predominantly violins, but also female choir, triangle, bells, organs, and a bit of percussion. Most notably, however, it rarely uses patterns, creating a more chaotic or improvisational feeling. Several other melodies can be heard, like "[[Welcome to the New World!]]", "[[Running Through the New World]]", and "[[VS. Dangerous Beast]]". One part sounds similar to "[[The Battle of Blizzard Bridge (theme)|The Battle of Blizzard Bridge]]", though it is unknown if it's intentional.

Once Fecto Elfilis has 40% health left, they will switch to the second phase and smoothly transition to the second part of the song. However, Kirby can do so at nearly any point of the battle, and by extension at any point during the theme. As a result, "Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit" is an interactive piece of music that has 14 unique transitions between phases. The version heard at the Waddle Live! Corner Stage uses the 14th transition. Chao Elfilis's second phase starts with "[[Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our]]", but abruptly switches to the second part of "Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit" when 70% of their health is left.

The theme's name refers to the fact Fecto Elfilis's attempt at making [[Popstar]] and the [[New World]] crash upon being defeated. The [[wikipedia:Roche limit|Roche limit]] is the region in which a celestial object gets too near to another and the smaller object is disintegrated as its center of gravity is overpowered by the tidal forces of the larger one. The title implies both planets' Roche limits are roughly equal, meaning both would tear each other apart.

In Japanese, the theme is called '''いつしか{{furi|双星|そうせい}}はロッシュ{{furi|限界|げんかい}}へ''' (''Before One Knows, The Double Stars Will Go to the Roche Limit''). 双星 means "[[wikipedia:double star|double stars]]", which are stars that look like they are close to each other when observed from Earth. 双星 can also mean "diaster", which is a stage in [[wikipedia:Mitosis|mitotic cell division]] in which the divided and separated chromosomes group themselves near the poles of the spindle preparatory to forming new nuclei. Thus, 双星 here is both referring to the New World and Popstar going to crash to each other, but also of [[Elfilin]] and [[Fecto Forgo]] fusing with each other to form Fecto Elfilis. The same applies to Chinese and Korean titles too.

*The ambience that plays between the hallway Fecto Forgo chases the heroes, and the arena where Fecto Elfilis fight takes place, is also a short remix of "Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit".

 

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