who sings the skye boat song on outlander
Bear McCreary Raya Yarbrough
title: The Skye Boat Song text: is used as the theme music for the TV Series "Outlander" sung by Raya Yarbrough and arranged by Bear McCreary. Notably, the word ""lad"" used in the version by Robert Louis Stevenson is replaced by ""lass"" to reflect the story. The Skye Boat Song "The Skye Boat Song" is a modern Scottish song which has entered into the folk canon in recent times. It can be played as a waltz, recalling the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Uist to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The text title: The Skye Boat Song text: of Drinking & Rebellion". Bear McCreary adapted the song as the opening titles of the 2014 TV series "Outlander", sung by Raya Yarbrough, changing the text of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone" (1892) to fit the story. Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor on the British science-fiction television series "Doctor Who" played the song repeatedly on his recorder in Episode 6, Scene 10 of "The Web of Fear" (broadcast 9 March 1968). It can also be heard playing background instrumental in several episodes of the American serial killer television series "Dexter". title: Outlander (TV series) text: Lad that is Gone", set to the tune of the Scottish folk song "The Skye Boat Song". For the first half of season two, the second verse of the opening theme is sung in French to reflect the season's French setting. "Outlander" premiered in the U.S. on August 9, 2014. Its first eight episodes aired through September, and the remaining eight episodes of season one resumed in April 2015. The first-season finale aired on May 30, 2015. "Outlander" debuted in Australia on SoHo on August 14, 2014, and began airing in Canada on Showcase on August 24, 2014. The series title: Outlander (TV series) text: set it apart. Another distinguishing feature of the show is its use of Scottish Gaelic. Àdhamh Ó Broin is the language consultant and Griogair Labhruidh sang in Gaelic on the second season's soundtrack. On August 15, 2014, after only the pilot episode had aired, the network renewed the series for a second season of at least 13 episodes, based on the second book in Gabaldon's series, "Dragonfly in Amber". On June 1, 2016, Starz renewed the series for a third and fourth season, which adapt the third and fourth "Outlander" novels, "Voyager" and "Drums of Autumn". On May 9, 2018, title: Outlander (TV series) text: on the third season began in September 2016 in Scotland, and filming took place in Cape Town from March to June 2017. Filming completed on June 16, 2017. In August 2017, Moore said that for season four, locations in Scotland would double as 18th century America, and some of the mountains and rivers of North Carolina would be recreated using locations in Eastern Europe. Production for season four was completed in Scotland by July 5, 2018. The music is composed by Bear McCreary. The title song is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "Sing me a Song of a