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 has also been the theme song to the hit television soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1973–present.

Track four has a version that is a hybrid between "Cotton's Dream" and "Bless the Beasts and Children".

[2] 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.