Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement

1989 • 31st Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1987 and Aug 30, 1988

1989 Winner is Cleo Laine with "No One Is Alone"

Nominees 1989

No One Is Alone

Jonathan Tunick
Funny (Track)

Marcus Miller
I Wish I'd Met You (Track)

Mike Renzi
The Key To Her Ferrari

Thomas Dolby, Lost Toy People
Volare (Track)

Henry Mancini

Winners

Year	Winner	Work
2026	Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith, Amanda Taylor	Big Fish
2025	Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Amanda Taylor	Alma
2024	Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Amanda Taylor	In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
2023	Vincent Mendoza	Songbird (Orchestral Version)
2022	Vincent Mendoza	To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version)
2021	Jacob Collier	He Won't Hold You
2020	Jacob Collier	All Night Long
2019	Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman, Justin Wilson	Spiderman Theme
2018	Randy Newman	Putin
2017	Jacob Collier	Flintstones
2016	Maria Schneider	Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
2015	Billy Childs	New York Tendaberry
2014	Gil Goldstein	Swing Low
2013	Thara Memory, Esperanza Spalding	City Of Roses
2012	Jorge Calandrelli	Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
2011	Christopher Tin	Baba Yetu
2010	Claus Ogerman	Quiet Nights
2009	Nan Schwartz	Here's That Rainy Day
2008	John Clayton	I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
2007	Jorge Calandrelli	For Once In My Life
2006	Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, Heitor Pereira	What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
2005	Victor Vanacore	Over The Rainbow
2004	Vincent Mendoza	Woodstock
2003	Dave Grusin	Mean Old Man
2002	Paul Buckmaster	Drops Of Jupiter
2001	Vincent Mendoza	Both Sides Now
2000	Alan Broadbent	Lonely Town
1999	Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, Stevie Wonder	St. Louis Blues
1998	Slide Hampton	Cotton Tail
1997	Alan Broadbent, David Foster	When I Fall In Love
1996	Rob McConnell	I Get A Kick Out Of You
1995	Lebo Morake, Hans Zimmer	Circle Of Life
1994	David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock	When I Fall In Love
1993	Johnny Mandel	Here's To Life
1992	Johnny Mandel	Unforgettable
1991	Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Clif Magness	The Places You Find Love
1990	Dave Grusin	My Funny Valentine
1989	Jonathan Tunick	No One Is Alone
1988	Frank Foster	Deedles' Blues
1987	David Foster	Somewhere
1986	Nelson Riddle	Lush Life
1985	David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock	Hard Habit To Break
1984	Nelson Riddle	What's New
1983	Jerry Hey, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro	Rosanna
1982	Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones	Ai No Corrida
1981	Christopher Cross, Michael Omartian	Sailing
1980	Michael McDonald	What A Fool Believes
1979	Maurice White	Got To Get You Into My Life
1978	Ian Freebairn-Smith	Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
1977	James Guercio, Jimmie Haskell	If You Leave Me Now
1976	Ray Stevens	Misty
1975	Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott	Down To You
1974	George Martin	Live And Let Die
1973	Michel Legrand	What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
1972	Paul McCartney	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
1971	Ernie Freeman, Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon	Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970	Fred Lipsius	Spinning Wheel
1969	Jimmy L. Webb	Mac Arthur Park
1968	Jimmie Haskell	Ode To Billie Joe
1967	Ernie Freeman	Strangers In The Night
1966	Gordon Jenkins	It Was A Very Good Year
1965	Peter Matz	People
1964	Henry Mancini	Days Of Wine And Roses
1963	Marty Manning	I Left My Heart In San Francisco