---
name: "Al Capps"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/al-capps"
fi1m_id: "al-capps"
imdb_id: "nm0135550"
tmdb_id: 1068923
wikidata_id: "Q16939073"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "26 April 1939"
died: "7 June 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 43
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T18:40:17.782659+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Al Capps

## Identity

Al Capps

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/al-capps
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** al-capps
- **IMDb ID:** nm0135550
- **TMDB ID:** 1068923
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16939073
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capps, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16939073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1068923

Composer. Born 26 April 1939 in Arkansas. Died 7 June 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 26 April 1939, Arkansas
- **Died:** 7 June 2018
- **Active:** 1980–1984
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert S. Ruddy](https://film.one/person/albert-s-ruddy.md), [Burt Reynolds](https://film.one/person/burt-reynolds.md), [Dean Martin](https://film.one/person/dean-martin.md), [Dom DeLuise](https://film.one/person/dom-deluise.md), [Hal Needham](https://film.one/person/hal-needham.md)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 3, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $195m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capps, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16939073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1068923

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Cannonball Run II*](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md) (35)

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## Biography

Al Capps was an American composer, arranger and conductor. Born Allan Alfonzo Capps on 26 April 1939 in Arkansas, he worked extensively in film and popular music from the 1960s onwards.

He contributed music to more than twenty films, including *The Cannonball Run* (1981), *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), *Sharky's Machine* (1981), *Stroker Ace* (1983) and *Cannonball Run II* (1984). He frequently collaborated with producer Snuff Garrett on these and other projects. Capps also produced and arranged albums for artists such as Cher, Andy Williams, Helen Reddy and José Feliciano.

He died on 7 June 2018.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Fi1m 35, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Fi1m 50, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cannonball-run.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Running Hot* (1984), Music
- *Stroker Ace* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Sharky's Machine* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cannonball-run.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Conductor — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot* (1976), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Twice in a Lifetime* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Windsplitter* (1971), Music
- *Tribes* (1970), Original Music Composer

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