A KNIGHT’S TALE
Ah, thanks, that was indeed the movie title I didn’t remember! If we refer to Pemberton’s KING ARTHUR – LEGEND OF THE SWORD and not the Zimmer one it also had songs and modern elements in the score which somehow didn’t bother me.
In that context Highlander might be worth mentioning as well even though the rock songs are here reserved rather for the modern times scenes.
Yes, that exactly that makes the difference here to me. The only song in the “past” scenes is “Who wants to live forever” and that was not that much arranged as a pop/rock song. Although probably that would have fitted here for me because of the different times.