Albert Elms (28 February 1920 – 14 October 2009) was a British composer and arranger who worked mainly on television and film.
Elms is best known for providing incidental music to ITC series such as Man in a Suitcase, The Champions and Ivanhoe. He also created the incidental music for 14 of the 17 episodes of The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan.
Although the series on which Elms did most work had memorable main title scores by others such as Ron Grainer and Tony Hatch, Elms provided cues which represent hundreds of hours of music. His contribution has recently been recognised with the release of his complete incidental music for Man in a Suitcase on CD.
Elms also served as musical director of The Benny Hill Show for three episodes of the 1973–74 season, substituting for Ronnie Aldrich.
Elms was born in Newington, Kent, England, and died in Southampton.
Albert Elms joined the Royal Marine Band Service at Deal in 1934. He took part in the Vaagso raid in 1940 and served on the Malta Convoys in 1941-42. He wrote the Corps quick march, On Parade, for The Royal Logistic Corps which formed in 1993.