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So basically, your post should contain a song related in some way to the previous post's song. And you should explain the connection, because, of course, the more tenuous connections are going to be the interesting ones.

I'll start:

Oooo, that was really nice. I like the piano, and have to say that 2:57 in is my favorite part.

Going with the obvious one. It shares a good chunk of the title, and the tone/pace* of both bounces around the place.

*I'm not a music person, so those terms probably aren't right.

Ah, two classics from two very different genres.

One is by Queen, the other is about the Queen.

Well, now I'm downright obligated to do this one:

Both songs are New Zealand anthems, because NZ is greedy. They also share the sentiment of a god protecting a thing and are somewhat repetitive at times.

Both are sung in English and Polynesian languages (Maori, and Samoan and Tokelauan). They are not the same in the respective languages (ie they are not direct translations), but are roughly connected by idea.

gaaaaaah that is not what a lali drum sounds like, they make a very distinctive tok and clattering and they do not sound like a European drum and while the second beat had a little bit of that tokkiness, it was completely overwhelmed by the completely wrong sound and how even if it were right that little tiny gesture at that angle would not make anything close to that noise, that was a freaking hollow drum and it looked pretty much like a fancier lali drum so it had no reason to sound any different and it had no fabric or anything it has a freaking slit in it and I was expecting my childhood and not that stupid rubbish, what did they think the canoe shape was just for prettiness, no, that's wrong, so if you're going to put a Polynesian drum into your movie you bloody well should make it look like it will produce the sounds you want to use in your freaking gosh-darned song, and they are plenty of them out there, you don't need to SHATTER MY SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF WITH THE COMPLETELY WRONG SOUND GAAAAAH
Apart from that, this was a fantastic song.

Both songs were not sung by any main characters, feature male singers, and serve exposition about the past and gives allusions about the upcoming plot.
Oh, and Disney. Can't forget the Disney!

I was about to do a title connection to Carol of the Bells, but then I noticed something...

The lyrics (and music) include the Gregorian chant Dies Irae.

Which is one of the most referenced melodies in the history of music, often used to signify death and destruction.

And as music/video essayist Sideways explains, this theme is one of the primary ones used throughout Rogue One.

So I'm connecting it to this piece of film score:

Also they're both Disney movies.

Oh, ow. Gotta love those sad space tunes, huh?

Speaking of which:

Space? Check. Sad? Check. The difference is that the Master Switch starts off being pumped up and determined and grows sad at the end, while "Buying the Space Farm" is sad, and then progresses into being ticked off. Symmetry!

Did you forget to note one of the more obvious connections, that they're both by the same composer?

In any case:

Connection involves mild spoilers for both films

They both cover a death scene (except not really, he actually comes back to life).

Also they're both classical-style film score (though Shore opts to use far more chorus, in Elvish of course, in his LOTR score).

Oh wow, it even says Michael Giacchino on both. Nope, I did not notice that.
Alright, let's step away from the saddness and movies for a moment:

Both are mostly instrumentals, but with a touch of choir, and they're both about six minutes long. Both songs are part of a trilogy as well!
Oh, and fire imagery. That's also a thing.

Both Area 11 and Daniel Yount worked with Yogscast.

And it also continues the instrumental+chorus trend.

Hey it's Yogscast, had to be done   :P

Both are songs about dwarves inspired by an earlier work (Honeydew's original "Diggy Diggy Hole" and Tolkien's poem "Far over the misty mountains cold", respectively).

This one is actually the Peter Hollens acapella cover, but I'm choosing it because I like it better than the original. :D

Both songs feature Peter Hollens, and are covers of an original song. Plus, mountains/lots-of-walking are featured in both settings the songs are from.

Also fur coats.

One is a cover by Peter Hollens, the other is a cover of Peter Hollens. Both feature an acapella-style self-backing vocalist [obligatory TVTropes warning] for harmonizing, along with instrumental.