Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack) Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack) Captain America: The First Avenger—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the Marvel Studios , based on the character created by Marvel Comics. The music was composed by Alan Silvestri and recorded by the Air Studios. Buena Vista Records announced the details for the soundtrack in June 2011 and released it on July 19 in the United States. "Note": "Captain America March" was only released as a download bonus track and is not included on the physical CD. Richard M. Sherman's "" from "Iron Man 2" is heard in the film. In
Captain America: The First Avenger or actual vehicles from the period were used as inspiration. Daniel Simon, who was previously responsible for many vehicle designs in "", was appointed Lead Vehicle Designer. Director Johnston cited Simon's book "Cosmic Motors" as a reason to trust his influence, saying "he's sort of the guy I wanted to be when I was designing stuff for "Star Wars"". The Red Skull's car, for instance, was based on two Mercedes-Benz vehicles from the 1930s, the 540K and the G4. "Variety" reported in March 2010 that Chris Evans was cast as Captain America and Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull; Marvel