“Bless the Beasts and the Children” will always have a special place in my heart. Around the time my parents started letting me take the bus 20 min by myself to go to the movies (In Panorama City), I showed up when the theater opened and watched the same two movies over and over (the days of the Double Feature): Bless the Beasts, and Harold and Maude. Saw each film three times. H&M became a cult classic (I would later often show it for my psychology classes), but for years I never met anyone who had ever heard of Bless the Beasts.
On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 at 5:09 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Perry Botkin, Jr. had written for the 1971 film "Bless the Beasts and > Children" a piece called "Cotton's Dream." Two years later, a new daytime > soap opera called "The Young and the Restless" (that was owned by Columbia > Pictures, who released the film) used "Cotton's Dream" as their theme > music, with lyrics written thereafter that rechristened the song as "The > Young and the Restless." Three years later, Mr. Botkin's composition had > received a new title as ABC used it to accompany the medal-winning > performances of gymnast Nadia Comaneci--as "Nadia's Theme," it hit the > Billboard Top 10 and became a highlight in a TV, recordings and film career > that spanned decades--he was also a member of the Cheers, who had a 50s hit > with "Black Denim Trousers" (along with future actor and game show host > Bert Convy). Mr. Botkin died yesterday, no cause provided: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/perry-botkin-jr-grammy-winning-arranger-of-nadias-theme-dies-at-87 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/dcaa7110-81ae-49c9-b653-f345b6393990n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/dcaa7110-81ae-49c9-b653-f345b6393990n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLgM29ZBQ4e7SFU5KfF1wR-HY7ddNzwF-%3DJQWA-tepuFg%40mail.gmail.com.
