David Butterworth is an experienced freelance orchestral arranger who offers a wide range of services for composers and producers of 'commercial music'. His work can be heard on scores for film and television productions, advertising campaign jingles and idents, and tracks recorded or performed live by pop, jazz, and classical crossover artists.

Recent credits include: Welcome To The Punch (Harry Escott), Shame (Harry Escott), Should've Been Romeo (Geoff Zanelli) and Attack The Block (Steven Price & Basement Jaxx).

Educated at the University of Salford (BA Hons) and Bristol University (MA) he was privileged to study composition and arranging with: Gil Evans aficionado, Robin Dewhurst; award-winning film composer, Martin Kiszko; and renowned musician and academic, Adrian Beaumont.

Initially, he gained industry experience working as a music copyist for Bristol-based composers James Barrett and Dan Jones. After recording his own orchestral music with the City of Prague Philharmonic in 2001 he was asked to orchestrate the score for the feature film Phoenix Blue (Stephen Parsons & Francis Haines) and has since established himself as a leading member of the younger generation of orchestral arrangers based in the UK.