---
name: "Perry Botkin Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/perry-botkin-jr"
fi1m_id: "perry-botkin-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0098559"
tmdb_id: 125815
wikidata_id: "Q3375624"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "16 April 1933"
died: "18 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:39:33.214069+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Perry Botkin Jr.

## Identity

Perry Botkin Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/perry-botkin-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** perry-botkin-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0098559
- **TMDB ID:** 125815
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3375624
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Botkin_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3375624, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125815

Composer. Born 16 April 1933 in New York, New York, U.S. Died 18 January 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 April 1933, New York, New York, U.S
- **Died:** 18 January 2021
- **Also known as:** Perry Botkin
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Botkin_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3375624, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125815

## Biography

Perry Botkin Jr. was an American composer, arranger and musician. Born in New York City on 16 April 1933, he was the son of musician Perry Botkin Sr. He attended Indiana University and the film scoring programme at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music.

Botkin composed scores for feature films including *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1981), *Goin’ South* (1978) and *Silent Night, Deadly Night* (1984). His television credits include music for *Mork & Mindy* (1978–1982) and other series such as *Happy Days* and *Laverne & Shirley*. With Barry De Vorzon he wrote the theme for the soap opera *The Young and the Restless*, later known as *Nadia’s Theme* after its use during the 1976 Summer Olympics; the arrangement won a Grammy Award. He shared an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for *Bless the Beasts & Children* (1971).

Botkin died in Burbank, California, on 18 January 2021.

*Sources: televisionacademy.com, variety.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1981), Fi1m 30, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan-the-ape-man.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sample This* (2013), Music
- *The Sands of Time* (1992), Music
- *Silent Night, Deadly Night* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Dance of the Dwarfs* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Ziggy's Gift* (1982), as Additional Voices (voice) · Original Music Composer
- *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1981), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 30, [page](https://film.one/film/tarzan-the-ape-man.md)
- *The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story* (1980), Music
- *When She Was Bad...* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Pleasure Cove* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Goin' South* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Mork & Mindy* (1978), series, Music
- *Adam's Rib* (1973), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *Your Three Minutes Are Up* (1973), Music
- *Lady Ice* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *They Only Kill Their Masters* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Skyjacked* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Bless the Beasts & Children* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *R.P.M.* (1970), Music
- *World by Night* (1960), Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1972: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Bless the Beasts and Children*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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