It’s time to the touch the stones one remaining time with the eighth and remaining season of Outlander being launched subsequent Spring, and the ultimate opening title sequence for the time-travelling romance has been carried out by Academy Award and four-time Grammy winner Annie Lennox.
Watch it right here…
The Skye Boat Music is a late nineteenth century Jacobite lament that has develop into synonymous with Outlander because the collection’ debut in 2014. Every season’s opening title sequences have been tailor-made by Emmy winner and collection composer Bear McCreary, drawing inspiration from the upcoming storylines and places. This season’s rendition is carried out by Scotland native Annie Lennox because the collection involves its epic conclusion.
“I’ve beloved and sung the Skye Boat Music since I used to be a younger lady rising up in Aberdeen,” says Lennox. “It represents such an iconic a part of Scottish tradition and historical past and it’s an actual honour to have been requested to document it for Outlander’s remaining season.”
Followers eagerly wait in anticipation for every season’s opening imagery and distinctive rendition to tease what lies forward within the upcoming season. Earlier variations have been carried out by Raya Yarbrough, Griogair and, principally lately, the late Grammy winner Sinéad O’Connor for the collection’ seventh season.
Have a look again at earlier renditions and witness Claire and Jamie’s journey from the Scottish Highlands to Fraser’s Ridge by revisiting the Outlander opening title sequence from earlier seasons HERE.
“Offering musical assist for Claire’s emotional journey by way of time within the collection Outlander has been an unforgettable journey for me as properly. Greater than a decade in the past, I produced a demo of ‘The Skye Boat Music’ sung by my spouse, Raya Yarbrough, that may go on to develop into the primary title theme for a collection beloved by followers all over the world,” says McCreary. “For the eighth and remaining season, there was just one singer I hoped to work with to craft a satisfying conclusion to this musical arc: the legendary Annie Lennox. I used to be delighted that Annie acknowledged the depth of the collection’ narrative and channeled that into her heartfelt efficiency. The rating for Season Eight is the end result of greater than a decade of labor, and I’m excited for followers to expertise the ultimate season, our new predominant title, and different musical surprises forward.”
As Season Eight begins, Jamie and Claire quickly discover the conflict has adopted them house to Fraser’s Ridge, now a thriving settlement that has grown and flourished of their absence. With new arrivals and adjustments made throughout their years away, the Frasers are confronted with the query of what they’re prepared to sacrifice for the place they name house and, extra importantly, what they might sacrifice to remain collectively. Whereas the Frasers hold a united entrance towards exterior intruders, household secrets and techniques lastly coming to mild threaten to tear them other than the within. Though they’ve left the conflict for America’s freedom behind, their struggle for Fraser’s Ridge has solely simply begun.
Watch the teaser for Season Eight right here…
Outlander stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire Fraser, Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser, Sophie Skelton as Brianna MacKenzie, Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie, John Bell as Younger Ian Murray, David Berry as Lord John Gray, Charles Vandervaart as William Ransom and Izzy Meikle-Small as Rachel Murray.
The Outlander tv collection is impressed by Diana Gabaldon’s worldwide best-selling books, which have offered an estimated 50 million copies worldwide, with all 9 of the books gracing the New York Instances best-seller record. The Outlander tv collection has develop into a worldwide success with audiences, spanning the genres of historical past, science fiction, romance and journey in a single superb story.
The present’s prequel collection, Blood of my Blood, has additionally been renewed for a second season.
Outlander: Season Eight debuts on Saturday, seventh March 2026.
