Bless the Beasts and Children (soundtrack)
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 to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children
Bless the Beasts and Children (film)
Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1971 film adaptation of the novel of the same name, by Glendon Swarthout, that was directed by Stanley Kramer, featuring Bill Mumy and Barry Robins.-Plot:...

 consists of music by The Carpenters
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, Barry De Vorzon
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, and Renee Armand. It included The Carpenters' "Bless the Beasts and Children
Bless the Beasts and Children (song)
The theme song to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children was performed by The Carpenters, and was featured on the B-side to their then-recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, The Carpenters performed it on...

 theme song as well as "Cotton's Dream", later known as "Nadia's Theme
Nadia's Theme
"Nadia's Theme" is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. that serves as the theme music to the American television soap opera The Young and the Restless.-Origins:...

", which became the theme song to the television soap opera
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 The Young and the Restless
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Track listing

  1. "Bless the Beasts and Children
    Bless the Beasts and Children (song)
    The theme song to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children was performed by The Carpenters, and was featured on the B-side to their then-recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, The Carpenters performed it on...

    " - The Carpenters
    The Carpenters
    Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...

     played this song, start to finish. They released it as a B-side song, and it peaked at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.
  2. "Cotton's Dream" (later known as "Nadia's Theme
    Nadia's Theme
    "Nadia's Theme" is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. that serves as the theme music to the American television soap opera The Young and the Restless.-Origins:...

    ") - It was released as a single in 1976 and was extended longer.
  3. "Down The Line" - Barry De Vorzon
    Barry De Vorzon
    Barry De Vorzon is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His first composing big hit was the rock song "Dreamin'," sung by Johnny Burnette in 1960, although he had a number-one hit previously called "Just Married," which he wrote for Marty Robbins in 1958...

     - This version is a vocal version performed by Barry De Vorzon. The reprise is transposed higher and is instrumental.
  4. "Bless the Beasts and Children
    Bless the Beasts and Children (song)
    The theme song to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children was performed by The Carpenters, and was featured on the B-side to their then-recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, The Carpenters performed it on...

     (Reprise #1)" - This is one of two instrumental versions of the song on the LP.
  5. "Lost" - Renee Armand - Sung by Renee Armand; the melody is identical to "Cotton's Dream", but the arrangement is different and includes lyrics.
  6. "Bless the Beasts and Children
    Bless the Beasts and Children (song)
    The theme song to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children was performed by The Carpenters, and was featured on the B-side to their then-recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, The Carpenters performed it on...

     (Reprise #2)" - This is the second of two instrumental reprises of "Bless the Beasts and Children". The reprises were not performed by the Carpenters.
  7. "Down The Line (Reprise)" - This is an instrumental version of "Down the Line", and is transposed from the key of D to the key of E.
  8. "Journey's End" - "Down the Line" fades smoothly into "Journey's End", which includes the strings playing "Bless the Beasts and Children" over and over again, but transposing lower every time.
  9. "Stampede"
  10. "Free"
  11. "Requiem"


Note that there are three "Bless the Beasts and Children" songs. All three are different, and have three different run times. The first one is the regular 3:07 version, and #4 and #6 are both about 2:12. Track four has a version that is a hybrid between "Nadia's Theme" and "Bless the Beasts and Children". The B-side version (#6) is a very different version, and the only noticeable thing about it is the strings playing the melody.
It has never been released on CD
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, and is currently only available on now-out of print
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 vinyl records
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Singles

  • Bless The Beasts And Children

JP 7" single (1972) AM-114
Bless the Beasts and Children
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  • 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)
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