Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack) June 2011, Buena Vista Records announced the details for the soundtrack release of "Captain America: The First Avenger". The album includes the original score by Alan Silvestri, as well as the original song "Star Spangled Man" with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel. The soundtrack was recorded at Air Studios in London and was released on July 19, 2011. The score received a positive response from critics. James Southall of Movie-Wave.net commented, "for those of us tearing our hair out in despair at the ludicrously dumb approach to scoring [Marvel's] films since "Iron Man", we might be
Captain America: The Winter Soldier this is another rock-solid chapter in the big-screen story of Marvel." Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" noted the topicality of the film, stating, ""Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is the first superhero film since the terrorist-inflected "The Dark Knight" that plugs you right into what's happening now." Ty Burr of "The Boston Globe" said the film "delivers all the 3D CGI mayhem audiences have come to expect from the Marvel entertainment juggernaut, but there’s darkness and confusion just under its comic-book surface." Joe Morgenstern of "The Wall Street Journal" said, "What makes "The Winter Soldier" so enjoyable, and what will