FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATRE ALBUM
MURDER AT THE GATES
13 Original Compositions | 32 Minutes
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by James Bourne
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
MURDER AT THE GATES
13 Original Compositions | 32 Minutes
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by James Bourne
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
MURDER AT THE GATES
13 Original Compositions | 32 Minutes
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by James Bourne
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
critical praise
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
“A killer new musical.”
“Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America.”
“A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne.”
“The show is more than a decade in the making.”
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
"Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for "Spring Awakening") and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical "Murder at the Gates" — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real."
— New york times
“A killer new musical.”
— Theatrely
"Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America."
— playbill
"A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne."
— broadwayworld
"The show is more than a decade in the making."
— variety
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
“A killer new musical.”
“Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America.”
“A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne.”
“The show is more than a decade in the making.”
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
LYRICS:
MUSIC:
PRODUCER:
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:
Steven Sater
James Bourne
James Bourne
Alexx Antaeus
listen
01
Something That's Sure
with Isa Briones
02
The Mirror Sighs
with Milo Manheim, Isa Briones
03
A Fine Rigor Mortis
with Milo Manheim, Mason Alexander Park
04
Love, Cream, and Sugar
with Joy Woods
05
Cameron The Lonely
with Isa Briones
06
Our Country Bleeds
with Gaten Matarazzo, Casey Likes
07
Lady Fingers
with Helen J Shen
08
Mortified
with Milo Manheim
09
Put Another Love to Bed
with Mason Alexander Park
10
It's Nothing
with Ramin Karimloo, Milo Manheim
11
Girl Went Down
with Joy Woods
12
Fuckin' Scream
with Gaten Matarazzo
13
No One Sits On High
with Isa Briones
about the album
Murder at the Gates is a bold new musical from Steven Sater, the Tony and GRAMMY®-winning writer of Spring Awakening, and James Bourne, the chart-topping songwriter and founding member of Busted. Bringing together two distinctly different musical backgrounds, Sater and Bourne have created an electrifying, genre-defying score that pushes contemporary musical theatre into new territory.
Built around an explosive fusion of pop, rock, jazz, and musical theater, the music of Murder at the Gates moves from haunting ballads to hilarious uptempos to full-throttle rock anthems, coming together to form a dynamic score that is as irreverent as it is haunting and visceral. In the studio concept album for this black-comic, murder-mystery musical, Sater’s signature incisive and poetic lyricism meets Bourne’s instinct for immediate, hook-driven pop songwriting, resulting in songs that function both as clues to the murder-mystery puzzle, and as compelling standalone pop-rock songs that are ready for radio.
This album marks the first collaboration of Steven Sater and James Bourne. James Bourne is a multi-Platinum, multi-award-winning songwriter, musician, and founding member of Busted. With Busted, he has sold more than five million records, achieved four UK No. 1 singles, and won two BRIT Awards, including Best British Breakthrough Act and Best Pop Act. As a songwriter, Bourne has written seven UK No. 1 singles, including McFly’s “5 Colours in Her Hair” and “Obviously,” and has written for artists including the Jonas Brothers, PinkPantheress, Backstreet Boys, 5 Seconds of Summer, The Saturdays, and The Vamps. He has also written six original musicals, including Loserville, which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical in the West End.
Sater is a Tony, Olivier, and GRAMMY® Award-winning writer and lyricist best known for Spring Awakening, which won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He subsequently collaborated with legendary composer Burt Bacharach on Some Lovers, an original musical whose world-premiere recording was nominated for a GRAMMY® for Best Musical Theater Album.
As a new, unproduced musical, the Murder at the Gates concept album is working outside of traditional producing pathways to forge new roads for musical theater artists to get their music to young audiences who are hungry for new, daring work. The album’s independent production reflects an increasingly collaborative approach to musical theatre, with a growing community of performers and fans helping bring the music to life beyond the traditional development process. The result is a recording that feels simultaneously rooted in traditional musical theatre history and connected to the sound and energy of contemporary popular music.
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Musical Theater Album
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATRE ALBUM
MURDER AT THE GATES
13 Original Compositions | 32 Minutes
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by James Bourne
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
MURDER AT THE GATES
13 Original Compositions | 32 Minutes
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by James Bourne
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
MURDER AT THE GATES
13 Original Compositions | 32 Minutes
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by James Bourne
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
critical praise
critical praise
"Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for "Spring Awakening") and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical "Murder at the Gates" — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real."
— New york times
LYRICS:
MUSIC:
PRODUCER:
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:
Steven Sater
James Bourne
James Bourne
Alexx Antaeus
“A killer new musical.”
— Theatrely
"Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America."
— playbill
"A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne."
— broadwayworld
"The show is more than a decade in the making."
— variety
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
“A killer new musical.”
“Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America.”
“A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne.”
“The show is more than a decade in the making.”
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
“A killer new musical.”
“Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America.”
“A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne.”
“The show is more than a decade in the making.”
“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”“Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for “Spring Awakening”) and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical “Murder at the Gates” — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real.”
listen
01
Something That's Sure
with Isa Briones
02
The Mirror Sighs
with Milo Manheim, Isa Briones
03
A Fine Rigor Mortis
with Milo Manheim, Mason Alexander Park
04
Love, Cream, and Sugar
with Joy Woods
05
Cameron The Lonely
with Isa Briones
06
Our Country Bleeds
with Gaten Matarazzo, Casey Likes
07
Lady Fingers
with Helen J Shen
08
Mortified
with Milo Manheim
09
Put Another Love to Bed
with Mason Alexander Park
10
It's Nothing
with Ramin Karimloo, Milo Manheim
11
Girl Went Down
with Joy Woods
12
Fuckin' Scream
with Gaten Matarazzo
13
No One Sits On High
with Isa Briones
about the album
Murder at the Gates is a bold new musical from Steven Sater, the Tony and GRAMMY®-winning writer of Spring Awakening, and James Bourne, the chart-topping songwriter and founding member of Busted. Bringing together two distinctly different musical backgrounds, Sater and Bourne have created an electrifying, genre-defying score that pushes contemporary musical theatre into new territory.
Built around an explosive fusion of pop, rock, jazz, and musical theater, the music of Murder at the Gates moves from haunting ballads to hilarious uptempos to full-throttle rock anthems, coming together to form a dynamic score that is as irreverent as it is haunting and visceral. In the studio concept album for this black-comic, murder-mystery musical, Sater’s signature incisive and poetic lyricism meets Bourne’s instinct for immediate, hook-driven pop songwriting, resulting in songs that function both as clues to the murder-mystery puzzle, and as compelling standalone pop-rock songs that are ready for radio.
This album marks the first collaboration of Steven Sater and James Bourne. James Bourne is a multi-Platinum, multi-award-winning songwriter, musician, and founding member of Busted. With Busted, he has sold more than five million records, achieved four UK No. 1 singles, and won two BRIT Awards, including Best British Breakthrough Act and Best Pop Act. As a songwriter, Bourne has written seven UK No. 1 singles, including McFly’s “5 Colours in Her Hair” and “Obviously,” and has written for artists including the Jonas Brothers, PinkPantheress, Backstreet Boys, 5 Seconds of Summer, The Saturdays, and The Vamps. He has also written six original musicals, including Loserville, which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical in the West End.
Sater is a Tony, Olivier, and GRAMMY® Award-winning writer and lyricist best known for Spring Awakening, which won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He subsequently collaborated with legendary composer Burt Bacharach on Some Lovers, an original musical whose world-premiere recording was nominated for a GRAMMY® for Best Musical Theater Album.
As a new, unproduced musical, the Murder at the Gates concept album is working outside of traditional producing pathways to forge new roads for musical theater artists to get their music to young audiences who are hungry for new, daring work. The album’s independent production reflects an increasingly collaborative approach to musical theatre, with a growing community of performers and fans helping bring the music to life beyond the traditional development process. The result is a recording that feels simultaneously rooted in traditional musical theatre history and connected to the sound and energy of contemporary popular music.
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Musical Theater Album
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST MUSICAL THEATRE ALBUM
critical praise
"Steven Sater (who wrote the book and lyrics for "Spring Awakening") and James Bourne (a member of the British pop-punk band Busted and a busy songwriter for various artists) released a concept album of their rock musical "Murder at the Gates" — in which a murder-mystery party gets a little too real."
— New york times
“A killer new musical.”
— Theatrely
"Cluedo meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from Gen-Z, gated-community America."
— playbill
"A new musical from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Steven Sater and chart-topping, multi-Platinum musician James Bourne."
— broadwayworld
"The show is more than a decade in the making."
— variety
listen
01
Something That's Sure
with Isa Briones
02
The Mirror Sighs
with Milo Manheim, Isa Briones
03
A Fine Rigor Mortis
with Milo Manheim, Mason Alexander Park
04
Love, Cream, and Sugar
with Joy Woods
05
Cameron The Lonely
with Isa Briones
06
Our Country Bleeds
with Gaten Matarazzo, Casey Likes
07
Lady Fingers
with Helen J Shen
08
Mortified
with Milo Manheim
09
Put Another Love to Bed
with Mason Alexander Park
10
It's Nothing
with Ramin Karimloo, Milo Manheim
11
Girl Went Down
with Joy Woods
12
Fuckin' Scream
with Gaten Matarazzo
13
No One Sits On High
with Isa Briones
about the album
Murder at the Gates is a bold new musical from Steven Sater, the Tony and GRAMMY®-winning writer of Spring Awakening, and James Bourne, the chart-topping songwriter and founding member of Busted. Bringing together two distinctly different musical backgrounds, Sater and Bourne have created an electrifying, genre-defying score that pushes contemporary musical theatre into new territory.
Built around an explosive fusion of pop, rock, jazz, and musical theater, the music of Murder at the Gates moves from haunting ballads to hilarious uptempos to full-throttle rock anthems, coming together to form a dynamic score that is as irreverent as it is haunting and visceral. In the studio concept album for this black-comic, murder-mystery musical, Sater’s signature incisive and poetic lyricism meets Bourne’s instinct for immediate, hook-driven pop songwriting, resulting in songs that function both as clues to the murder-mystery puzzle, and as compelling standalone pop-rock songs that are ready for radio.
This album marks the first collaboration of Steven Sater and James Bourne. James Bourne is a multi-Platinum, multi-award-winning songwriter, musician, and founding member of Busted. With Busted, he has sold more than five million records, achieved four UK No. 1 singles, and won two BRIT Awards, including Best British Breakthrough Act and Best Pop Act. As a songwriter, Bourne has written seven UK No. 1 singles, including McFly’s “5 Colours in Her Hair” and “Obviously,” and has written for artists including the Jonas Brothers, PinkPantheress, Backstreet Boys, 5 Seconds of Summer, The Saturdays, and The Vamps. He has also written six original musicals, including Loserville, which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical in the West End.
Sater is a Tony, Olivier, and GRAMMY® Award-winning writer and lyricist best known for Spring Awakening, which won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He subsequently collaborated with legendary composer Burt Bacharach on Some Lovers, an original musical whose world-premiere recording was nominated for a GRAMMY® for Best Musical Theater Album.
As a new, unproduced musical, the Murder at the Gates concept album is working outside of traditional producing pathways to forge new roads for musical theater artists to get their music to young audiences who are hungry for new, daring work. The album’s independent production reflects an increasingly collaborative approach to musical theatre, with a growing community of performers and fans helping bring the music to life beyond the traditional development process. The result is a recording that feels simultaneously rooted in traditional musical theatre history and connected to the sound and energy of contemporary popular music.