David Lord (born 1944[1]) is an English composer and record producer, known for his work with Peter Gabriel,[2] the Korgis and XTC.

[3] He worked as a composer; his song‐cycle, The Wife of Winter, was written in 1968, for Janet Baker[1] while The History of the Flood (1969) has a libretto by John Heath-Stubbs.

He played a Prophet 5 synthesiser on one track, "Just Good Friends", on the 1983 Peter Hammill album Patience, for which he was also recording engineer.

[11] Lord has appeared on The South Bank Show, discussing his work producing Peter Gabriel's fourth, eponymously titled solo album.

[12] In 2015, Lord was convicted of keeping a brothel after admitting making bookings and taking money for sex workers operating from his home.