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.

The piece was first released on disc as part of the 1971 OST Bless the Beasts and Children soundtrack, then a 1974 cover version by easy listening group Sounds of Sunshine was produced.

In 1973 Botkin Jr. composed a rearranged version of the instrumental theme[4] for the long-running television soap opera The Young and the Restless, which premiered on March 26, 1973, on CBS.

The De Vorzon & Botkin version of the song was not released on CD until Eric Records included it on the 2003 compilation Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II.

Viewer inquiries about the music from the Wide World of Sports montage prompted a commercial release of the 1971 version of the song as a single through A&M Records on August 28, 1976.

Other versions of "Nadia's Theme" have been recorded, including easy listening renditions by such artists as Ray Conniff in 1976,[20] the orchestra of The Lawrence Welk Show in 1976, Ronnie Aldrich in 1977,[21] Roger Williams in 1976,[22] Richard Abel in 1992,[23] Ferrante & Teicher, and James Galway (original release year not yet determined).

[25] David Hasselhoff did a vocal rendition, which incorporated De Vorzon's and Botkin Jr.'s lyrics, performed on The Merv Griffin Show in 1977[26] and released on his 1987 album Lovin' Feelings.

Botkin, who had never heard of Blige prior to this was delighted to get a writing credit, saying: "I woke up one morning and I'm on the cutting edge of R&B," says the composer, who now specializes in electronic music.