LA based film and television composer Kerry Muzzey returns with Take Care and Safe Home, his sixth outing under the moniker The Candlepark Stars. Vibe Confessions Rapidshare Downloader. Seen by Muzzey as the last of a three album arc that began with last years All the Little Things and continued with the beautiful We Give and We Get, the new album is yet another blissful collection of cinematic post rock. We recently caught up with the very talented composer to find out more about the new album, its inspiration and what the future holds for The Candlepark Stars. Kerry: I'm a film and TV composer, and the music I normally write is more in a modern classical vein, like most film scores. A few years ago I heard the score from the movie 'Friday Night Lights,' and that's how I first found out about Explosions in the Sky, and their music blew my mind. After discovering them, I started finding all kinds of other post-rock artists, which then led me into other stuff like Sigur Ros and that fantastic Icelandic sound. I fell in love with this style of music: it was electric guitars and traditional rock instruments being used in really unique ways, some of it felt really modern and new, and some of it felt like that beautiful washed-out reverb sound from the 80s, like Jesus & Mary Chain and the Cocteau Twins.

It's like each song takes you on a ride and has a story and an emotion built into it. So back in 2009 I took some time out of my schedule to write some new material and challenged myself to do it using completely different instruments than I'd normally write for. That material became the albums 'Shimmer and Gold' and 'Very Big Sky.' I made up the name The Candlepark Stars as a pseudonym, so that I'd be able to write this new stuff separate from my other work. I didn't want to get the two confused, and I didn't want to confuse my regular listeners. Honestly, I just did this as a creative challenge because I was tired of hearing my usual stuff and I wanted to try something completely different. I put it up on iTunes thinking, 'Well, maybe someone out there will like it' -- but I never imagined anyone would actually find it and listen to it.