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  2. This song is about the movie of the same name. In real life, the subject of this song is Matthew Hopkins: an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War.

  3. Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General (1968) Composer (s): Paul Ferris. Released in: 1968. Country: Great Britain. Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Foreign.

  4. De Wolfe Music. Witchfinder General's scorewas composed by Reeves's friend Paul Ferris, who had previously scored The Sorcerers, and acted in the film under the alias "Morris Jar" (a reference to his favourite composer, Maurice Jarre).

  5. Jan 4, 2024 · The song “Witchfinder General” by the band Witchfinder General takes us on a dark journey into the world of witch-hunting and the notorious figure known as the Witchfinder General. Released in 1982 as part of their album titled “Death Penalty,” this song’s lyrics delve into the chilling story of Matthew Hopkins, an English witch ...

  6. Feb 12, 2019 · Witchfinder General’s eponymous anthem is a British metal benchmark. This wasn’t lost on fans Lee Dorrian, Mark Griffiths and Garry Jennings, who recorded ‘Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)’ for Cathedral’s 1995 album The Carnival Bizarre.

  7. Paul Ferris. Witchfinder General OST. (De Wolfe Music) Michael Reeves grew up in the Suffolk countryside; bucolic surroundings that seem an unlikely breeding ground for the mind behind some of the most controversial yet loved low-budget horror movies of the 1960s.

  8. Nov 25, 2013 · Given the hard-bitten cynicism of the film, you could be forgiven for expecting Witchfinder General’s soundtrack to be all atonal crowing strings and deep gouges of percussion, a musical descent into paranoia and madness to rival Scott Walkers Bish Bosch (now THERE is a live soundtrack event I’d pay to see), sadly the reality is a little ...

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