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to the 1971 film '' Bless the Beasts and Children'' consists of music by

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, Perry Botkin Jr. and Renee Armand. It included The Carpenters' " Bless the Beasts and Children" theme song as well as "Cotton's Dream", later known as "

Nadia's Theme "Nadia's Theme", originally titled "Cotton's Dream", is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. in 1971. It was originally part of the soundtrack music of the 1971 Stanley Kramer film '' Bless the Beasts and Children'' ...

" from 1976 onwards. It has also been the theme song to the hit television

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'' from 1973–present.

Track listing

#" Bless the Beasts and Children" –

played this song, start to finish. They released it as a B-side song, and it peaked at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100. #"Cotton's Dream" (later known as "" Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)") – It was extended and released as a single in 1976. #"Down the Line" –

– A vocal version performed by Barry De Vorzon. The reprise is transposed higher and is instrumental. #"Bless the Beasts and Children (Reprise #1)" – This is one of two instrumental versions on the LP. #"Lost" – Sung by Renée Armand; the melody is identical to "Cotton's Dream", but the arrangement is different and includes lyrics. #"Bless the Beasts and Children (Reprise #2)" – The second of two instrumental reprises of "Bless the Beasts and Children". The reprises were not performed by the Carpenters. #"Down the Line (Reprise)" – An instrumental version of "Down the Line", and is transposed from the key of D to the key of E. #"Journey's End" – "Down the Line" fades smoothly into "Journey's End", which includes strings playing "Bless the Beasts and Children" over and over again, but transposing lower every time. #"Stampede" #"Free" #"Requiem" Note that there are three "Bless the Beasts and Children" tracks. All three are different, and have three different run times. The first one is the 3:07 vocal version, and #4 and #6 are both about 2:12. Track four has a version that is a hybrid between "Cotton's Dream" and "Bless the Beasts and Children". Track #6 is a very different version, with strings playing the melody. It has never been released on CD, and is currently only available on now-

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vinyl records. A re-release of the 2:12 version (A&M 1890) reached #17 in Canada's RPM Magazine MOR chart, April 16, 1977.

Singles

*Bless The Beasts And Children JP 7" single (1972) AM-114 :''Bless the Beasts and Children'' :''Help'' *Superstar US 7" single (1971) A&M 1289 :''Superstar'' :''Bless the Beasts and Children'' *Nadia's Theme US 7" single (1976) A&M 1856 :''Nadia's Theme'' :''Down the Line (Instrumental)''

References

{{Authority control The Carpenters albums Film soundtracks 1971 soundtrack albums A&M Records soundtracks Albums produced by Barry De Vorzon Albums produced by Perry Botkin Jr.