David Butterworth is an experienced orchestrator & arranger, possessing over two decades of experience, who offers a wide range of services for composers and producers of commercial music.
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In the capacity of supervising orchestrator his credits include OSCAR, BAFTA and EMMY award-winning scores for a diverse range of film and television productions including: LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, OVER THE MOON, THE AERONAUTS, OUR PLANET, BABY DRIVER, SUICIDE SQUAD, FURY, GRAVITY, THE WORLD’S END and ATTACK THE BLOCK (Steven Price); SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMEGEDDON, EARLY MAN, PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN, HATE FROM A DISTANCE and LOVE’S KITCHEN (Tom Howe); History’s KNIGHTFALL, BBC’s ROBIN HOOD and C4’s ELIZABETH (Andy Price).
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As a contributing orchestrator he has worked on scores written by other leading composers including Harry Gregson-Williams, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Joseph Trapanese and Geoff Zanelli. Credits include LADY AND THE TRAMP, ROBIN HOOD (2018), WONDER WOMAN, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, THE MARTIAN, MORTDECAI, A NEW YORK WINTER’S TALE and TOTAL RECALL.
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He also arranges music for live performance and projects include: OUR PLANET LIVE (Silverback Productions, WWF & Steven Price), THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – DOMINION THEATRE 2016 (Jeff Wayne), GRAVITY: SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA (Steven Price) as performed at the inaugural 2014 Oscar Concert, and TIM MINCHIN TOUR 2010/11. In 2012 he worked with Howard Goodall, Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra on Rowan Atkinson’s MR BEAN / CHARIOTS OF FIRE sketch for the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
David Butterworth
ORCHESTRATOR & ARRANGER
David Butterworth is an experienced orchestrator and arranger who offers a wide range of services for composers and producers of commercial music.
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In the capacity of supervising orchestrator he has delivered OSCAR, BAFTA and EMMY award-winning scores for a diverse range of film and television productions including: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET, BABY DRIVER, FURY, GRAVITY and SUICIDE SQUAD (Steven Price); EARLY MAN, KNUCKLES and SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMEGEDDON (Tom Howe); INTO THE STORM (Howard Goodall); BBC’s ROBIN HOOD (Andy Price).
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As a contributing orchestrator he has worked on scores written by other leading composers such as Chris Egan, Harry Gregson-Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch. Recent credits include: FIREHEART, CHICKEN RUN 2 and ALIEN: ROMULUS.
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He also arranges music for live performance and projects include: OUR PLANET LIVE (Steven Price), THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – 2016 (Jeff Wayne), GRAVITY: SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA (Steven Price) performed at the inaugural 2014 Oscar Concert, and TIM MINCHIN TOUR 2010/11. In 2012 he worked with Howard Goodall, Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra on Rowan Atkinson’s MR BEAN / CHARIOTS OF FIRE sketch for the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
In his spare time he enjoys butlering for his family, cooking and flavouring home-made gin. He's recently taken up golf and is wrestling with the challenge of breaking 100 (strokes, not clubs).
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