Overview
- Publishers and outlets confirmed on Thursday, June 18, 2026, that Elsinore Records will release a 13-track concept album of Murder at the Gates on July 1, 2026, and they published the full cast and tracklist.
- The first single, “Fuckin’ Scream,” performed by Gaten Matarazzo, is available to stream now and is presented as the lead preview of the project.
- Steven Sater is credited as the book writer and lyricist and James Bourne as the composer, producer and songwriter for the album, with Bourne saying a recent illness paused his touring but allowed him to finish the project.
- The ensemble vocal cast named for the recording includes Isa Briones, Milo Manheim, Joy Woods, Helen J Shen, Mason Alexander Park, Casey Likes and Ramin Karimloo, and the published tracklist pairs songs with specific performers.
- The release follows more than a decade of staged development — an early NYU Tisch presentation in 2013, readings in London in 2019 and a 2024 Madison Wells Media workshop — and the creators are using the concept album to build audience and industry momentum ahead of possible stage productions.