The soundtrack to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children consists of music by The Carpenters, Barry De Vorzon, 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" from 1976 onwards. It has also been the theme song to the hit television soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1973–present.

Track listing

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-out of print 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

JP 7" single (1972) AM-114 US 7" single (1971) A&M 1289 US 7" single (1976) A&M 1856