“Nadia’s Theme” is a piece of music composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. in 1971. It became associated with Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci during and after the 1976 Summer Olympics. The composition has been used as the theme music to the American television soap opera The Young and the Restless intermittently since […]
Barry De Vorzon (born July 31, 1934, New York City) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His earliest hit compositions were “Just Married” (1958), written with Al Allen and recorded by Marty Robbins, which reached number twenty-six on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart and number one on the Country chart; and “Dreamin’” (1960), […]
The soundtrack to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children consists of music by The Carpenters, Barry De Vorzon, 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”, which became the theme song to the television soap opera The […]