# Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (and its subsequent name changes) has been awarded since 1963. The award is presented to the arranger(s) of the music. Only songs or tracks are eligible, no longer works (e.g. albums). The performing artist does not receive a Grammy, except if they are also the arranger.
There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:
* From 1963 to 1981 the award was known as Best Instrumental Arrangement
* From 1982 to 1983 it was awarded as Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
* From 1984 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
* From 1995 to 2014 it was again awarded as Best Instrumental Arrangement
* Since 2015 it has been awarded as Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, which also includes vocal arrangements for a cappella performances.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

## Recipients

| Year | Composer(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees Performers are in parentheses |
| 1963 | Henry Mancini | "Baby Elephant Walk" | Henry Mancini | Dave Rose – The Stripper Robert Farnon – Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon (Robert Farnon and His Orchestra) Nelson Riddle – Route 66 Theme and Other Great TV Themes (Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra) Quincy Jones – The Quintessence Eddie Sauter – "Focus" (Stan Getz) Joe Harnell – "Fly Me to the Moon Bossa Nova" (Joe Harnell and His Orchestra) |
| 1964 | Quincy Jones | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Count Basie | Joe Sherman – "Washington Square" (The Village Stompers) Marty Gold & Peter Nero – "Mountain Greenery" (Peter Nero) Claus Ogerman – "More" (Kai Winding) Robert N. Enevoldsen – "Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen) |
| 1965 | Henry Mancini | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Henry Mancini | Bob Florence – "The Song Is You" Hugo Montenegro – "The Long Ships" Anita Kerr – "Sugar Lips" (Al Hirt) Richard Hayman – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops) Quincy Jones – "Golden Boy (String Version)" Billy Strayhorn – "A Spoonful of Sugar" (Duke Ellington) |
| 1966 | Herb Alpert | "A Taste of Honey" | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | Horst Jankowski – "Walk in the Black Forest" Johnny Mandel – "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Robert Armbruster) Bob Florence – "Mission to Moscow" (Si Zentner) Neal Hefti – "Girl Talk" Jack Mason – "A Hard Day's Night" (Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops) |
| 1967 | Herb Alpert | "What Now My Love" | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | Bob Florence – "Michelle" (Bud Shank) John Barry – "Born Free" Neal Hefti – "Batman Theme" Henry Mancini – "Arabesque" |
| 1968 | Burt Bacharach | "Alfie" | Burt Bacharach | Bill Reddie – "West Side Medley" (Buddy Rich) Claus Ogerman – "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) Bill Holman – "Norwegian Wood" (Buddy Rich) Hutch Davie – "Music to Watch Girls By" (Bob Crewe Generation) Burt Bacharach – "Casino Royale" (Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass) |
| 1969 | Mike Post | "Classical Gas" | Mason Williams | Michel Legrand – "The Windmills of Your Mind" Hugo Montenegro – "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Don Sebesky – "Scarborough Fair" (Wes Montgomery) Al Capps – "Baroque-A-Nova" (Mason Williams) |
| 1970 | Henry Mancini | "Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet | Henry Mancini | Quincy Jones – "Walking in Space" Dick Halligan – "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Arthur Ferrante & Lou Teicher – "Midnight Cowboy" (Ferrante & Teicher) |
| 1971 | Henry Mancini | Theme from Z | Henry Mancini | Lalo Schifrin – Theme from Medical Center (Various artists) Fred Selden – "The Magic Bus Ate My Donut" (Don Ellis) Tom Sellers – "Overture from Tommy" (The Assembled Multitude) Quincy Jones – "Gula Matari" Miles Davis – "Bitches Brew" |
| 1972 | Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen | Theme from Shaft | Isaac Hayes | Michel Legrand – Theme from Summer of '42 Don Sebesky – "The Rite of Spring" (Hubert Laws) Joshua Rifkin – "Nightingale II" Michel Colombier – "Earth" |
| 1973 | Don Ellis | Theme from The French Connection | Don Ellis Big Band | Henry Mancini – "Theme from The Mancini Generation" Quincy Jones – "Money Runner" Don Sebesky – "Lonely Town" (Freddie Hubbard) Richard Carpenter – "Flat Baroque" (The Carpenters) |
| 1974 | Quincy Jones | "Summer in the City" | Quincy Jones | Bill Holman – "The Daily Dance" (Stan Kenton and His Orchestra) Chick Corea – "Spain" (Chick Corea and Return To Forever) Lee Holdridge – "Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite" (Neil Diamond) Bob James – "Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Grover Washington Jr.) |
| 1975 | Pat Williams | Threshold | Pat Williams | Bob James – "Night on Bald Mountain" Les Hooper – "Look What They've Done" (Les Hooper Big Band) Don Sebesky – "Firebird/Bird of Fire" Les Hooper – "Circumvent" |
| 1976 | Pete Clarence Carpenter & Mike Post | "The Rockford Files" | Mike Post | Herbert Spencer – Theme from Jaws (John Williams) Randy Brecker – "Some Skunk Funk" (Brecker Brothers) Ron McClure – "No Show" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Thad Jones – "Living for the City" (Thad Jones and Mel Lewis) Alan Broadbent – "Children of Lima" (Woody Herman) |
| 1977 | Chick Corea | "Leprechaun's Dream" | Chick Corea | Bob James – "Westchester Lady" Henry Mancini, Herbert Spencer, John Williams & Al Woodbury – "The Disaster Movie Suite" (Henry Mancini conducting the London Symphony) Claus Ogerman – "Saudade Do Brazil" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Stanley Clarke – "Life Is Just a Game" |
| 1978 | Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr. & Barry De Vorzon | "Nadia's Theme" from The Young and the Restless | Barry De Vorzon | Bob James – "Scheherezade" (Hubert Laws) Herbert Spencer – "Roots Mural Theme" (Quincy Jones) Chick Corea – "Musicmagic" (Chick Corea and Return to Forever) Joe Sample – "Free as the Wind" (The Crusaders) |
| 1979 | Quincy Jones & Robert Freedman | "Main Title - Overture Part One" from The Wiz | Various artists | Tom Tom 84 – "Runnin'" (Earth, Wind & Fire) Chick Corea – "Mad Hatter Rhapsody" Joe Roccisano – "Green Earrings" (Woody Herman Band) Alan Broadbent – "Aja" (Woody Herman Band) |
| 1980 | Claus Ogerman | "Soulful Strut" | George Benson | Jeremy Lubbock & Harvey Mason – "Wave" (Harvey Mason) Don Sebesky – "Sebastian's Theme" John Serry – "Sabotage" Claus Ogerman – "Lazy Afternoon" (Freddie Hubbard) |
| 1981 | Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones | "Dinorah, Dinorah" | George Benson | Claus Ogerman – "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) Bob Brookmeyer – "Skylark" (Mel Lewis) Dave Grusin – "Marcosinho" (Dave Valentin) Jorge Calandrelli – "Forget the Woman" (Eddie Daniels) |
| 1982 | Quincy Jones & Johnny Mandel | "Velas" | Quincy Jones | Jerry Goldsmith – "The Slaves" Billy May – "South Rampart Street Parade" (John Williams) Dave Grusin – "Mountain Dance" Toshiko Akiyoshi – "A Bit Byas'd" (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band) |
| 1983 | John Williams | "Flying" – Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams | Les Hooper – "Pavanne" (Les Hooper Big Band) Claus Ogerman – "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" (Claus Ogerman featuring Jan Akkerman) Clare Fischer, Ronnie Foster & Earl Klugh – "Balladina" (Earl Klugh) Lyle Mays & Pat Metheny – "Are You Going With Me?" (Pat Metheny Group) |
| 1984 | Dave Grusin | "Summer Sketches '82" | Dave Grusin | Patrick Williams – "Too Hip for the Room" Toshiko Akiyoshi – "Remembering Bud" (Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band) Rob McConnell – "I Got Rhythm" (Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass) Bob Florence – "Afternoon of a Prawn" |
| 1985 | Jeremy Lubbock & Quincy Jones | "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" | Quincy Jones | Don Sebesky – "Waltz for Debbie" Robert Freedman – "Stardust" (Wynton Marsalis) Henry Mancini – "Cameo for Flute...For James" (James Galway and Henry Mancini) Stewart Copeland – "Brothers on Wheels" |
| 1986 | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour | "Early A.M. Attitude" | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour | George Russell – The African Game (George Russell and The Living Time Orchestra) William Brohn – "Suite of Dances" from Pacific Overtures (Various artists) Chip Davis – "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" (Mannheim Steamroller) Toshiko Akiyoshi – "March of the Tadpoles" (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band) |
| 1987 | Patrick Williams | "Suite Memories" | Bill Watrous & Patrick Williams | Jorge Calandrelli – "The First Letter" (Dick Hazard) Jorge Calandrelli – "Solfeggietto Metamorphosis" (Eddie Daniels) Don Sebesky – "Cherokee" Bill Meyers – "AM/PM" |
| 1988 | Bill Holman | "Take The "A" Train" | The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen | Dave Grusin – "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" Michael Convertino – Theme from Children of a Lesser God (Shirley Walker) Patrick Williams – "Jive Samba" (Patrick Williams' New York Band) Jorge Calandrelli – "Any Time, Any Season" (Sam Most) |
| 1989 | Roger Kellaway | "Memos from Paradise" | Eddie Daniels | Henry Mancini – "Suite from The Thorn Birds" Bill Barber, Jimmy Johnson & Dick Oatts – "Jazz Patrol" (Flim & the BB's) John Dankworth – "Caravan" David Balakrishnan – "A Night in Tunisia" (Turtle Island String Quartet) |
| 1990 | Dave Grusin | "Suite" from The Milagro Beanfield War | Dave Grusin | Thad Jones – "Three in One" (Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra) Frank Foster – "The Count Basie Remembrance Suite" Maxine Roach – "Extensions" (The Uptown String Quartet) Les Hooper – "Anything Goes" (Les Hooper Big Band) |
| 1991 | Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton | "Birdland" | Quincy Jones | Chick Corea – "Tale of Daring, Chapters 1-4" (Chick Corea Elektric Band) Henry Mancini – "Monster Movie Music Suite" (Henry Mancini conducting the Pops Orchestra) John Clayton – "Brush This" (Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra) John Williams – "Born on the Fourth Of July" |
| 1992 | Dave Grusin | "Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy" | Dave Grusin | Henry Mancini – "The Untouchables" Michael Kamen – "Maid Marian" Mike Bogle – "Got a Match?" (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band) Peter Apfelbaum – "Candles and Stones" (Peter Apfelbaum and The Hieroglyphics Ensemble) Ed Neumeister – "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra) |
| 1993 | Rob McConnell | "Strike Up the Band" | Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass | Neil Slater – "Values" (University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band) Gary Lindsay – "Cherokee" (Arturo Sandoval) Russ Gershon – "Bennie Moten's Weird Nightmare" (Either/Orchestra) Michael Abene – "Airegin" (GRP All-Star Big Band) |
| 1994 | Dave Grusin | "Mood Indigo" | Dave Grusin | Arif Mardin – "Suite Fraternidad (1st and Second Movements)" (Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin) Michael Abene – "Oleo" (GRP All-Star Big Band) Lalo Schifrin – "Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks" Vincent Mendoza – "Buleria" (Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin) |
| 1995 | Dave Grusin | "Three Cowboy Songs" | Dave Grusin | Nan Schwartz Mishkin – "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (John Williams and Boston Pops Orchestra) Louis Bellson – "Ellington-Strayhorn Suite" Toshiko Akiyoshi – "Bebop" (Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra) Richard Eddy & Arturo Sandoval – "A Mis Abuelos" (Arturo Sandoval) |
| 1996 | Robert Farnon | "Lament" | J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra | Jorge Calandrelli – "Manha De Carnaval" (Ettore Stratta) Michael Abene – "Cookin' at The Continental" (GRP All-Star Big Band) Marcus Miller – "Come Together" Jorge Calandrelli – "Atras Da Porta" (Ettore Stratta conducting The Royal Philharmonic) |
| 1997 | Michael Kamen | "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)" | Michael Kamen | Jorge Calandrelli – "Summer" (Eddie Daniels) Jim McNeely – "Sing, Sing, Sing" (Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Jon Faddis, Music Director) Wayne Shorter – "Children of the Night" Lalo Schifrin – "Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley)" |
| 1998 | Bill Holman | "Straight, No Chaser" | The Bill Holman Band | Robert Farnon – "Wild is the Wind" (J. J. Johnson) Dave Grusin – "Peter Gunn" Vincent Mendoza – "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (Vince Mendoza featuring John Abercrombie) Michael Abene – "America" (Dave Grusin) |
| 1999 | Don Sebesky | "Waltz for Debby" | Don Sebesky | Michel Legrand – "Where or When" Rob McConnell – "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass) Bill Holman – "Moon of Manakoorah" (Bill Holman and The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra) Patrick Williams – "In the Still of the Night" (Patrick Williams and His Big Band) |
| 2000 | Don Sebesky | "Chelsea Bridge" | Don Sebesky | John Williams – "Stella by Starlight" (Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra) Dori Caymmi & Tom Scott – "Pink Panther" (Dori Caymmi) Lalo Schifrin – "Fiesta" |
| 2001 | Chick Corea | "Spain for Sextet & Orchestra" | Chick Corea | Jorge Calandrelli – "The Summer Knows/Estate" (Ettore Stratta & His Orchestra) Paul McCandless – "Round Robin" (Oregon with The Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra) Jim McNeely – "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely) Gordon Goodwin – "Bach 2 Part Invention in D Minor" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) |
| 2002 | Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer | "Debussy: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" | Béla Fleck with Joshua Bell & Gary Hoffmann | Bob Florence – "Take the "A" Train" (Bob Florence & The SWR Big Band) George S. Clinton & Quincy Jones –v"Soul Bossa Nova" (George S. Clinton) Lalo Schifrin – "Scheherazade Fantasy" Gonzalo Rubalcaba – "En la Orilla del Mundo (At the Edge of the World)" (Charlie Haden) |
| 2003 | Thomas Newman | "Title Theme" from Six Feet Under | Thomas Newman | David Balakrishnan – "You've Changed" (Turtle Island String Quartet featuring Paquito D'Rivera) Carlos Franzetti – "Plaza Oscura" (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti) Sammy Nestico – "Kiki Takes a Ride" Bill Cunliffe – "Angel Eyes" (Alan Kaplan) |
| 2004 | Michael Brecker & Gil Goldstein | "Timbuktu" | Michael Brecker Quindectet | Jorge Calandrelli – "Oblivion" (Regina Carter) John Fedchock – "Caribbean Fire Dance" (John Fedchock New York Big Band) Jim McNeely – "Black Holes" (Renee Rosnes and The Danish Radio Big Band) Rob McConnell – "Autumn in New York" (Rob McConnell & The SWR Big Band) |
| 2005 | Slide Hampton | "Past Present and Future" | The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra | Jim McNeely – "Sing Sing Sing" (David Liebman Big Band) Chick Corea – "The Long Passage" (Chick Corea Elektric Band) Jorge Calandrelli – "Libertango" (Yo-Yo Ma) Phil Kelly – "Bella Luce" (Phil Kelly & The NW Prevailing Winds) |
| 2006 | Gordon Goodwin | "The Incredits" from The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino | Billy Childs – "Scarborough Faire" (Billy Childs Ensemble) John Clayton – "Lullaby of the Leaves" (The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra) Bill Cunliffe – "Do It Again" Chris Walden – "Cherokee" (The Chris Walden Big Band) |
| 2007 | Chick Corea | "Three Ghouls" | Chick Corea | Jim McNeely – "Up from the Skies" (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Patrick Williams – "Tom & Eddie" (The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra & Big Band) Gil Goldstein – "Three Women" Gordon Goodwin – "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) |
| 2008 | Vince Mendoza | "In A Silent Way" | Joe Zawinul | Gordon Goodwin – "Yo Tannenbaum" from Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Frank Macchia – "Black is the Color of My True Love' Hair" (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra) Steve Wiest – "Besame Mucho" (Maynard Ferguson) Harry Connick Jr. – "Ash Wednesday" |
| 2009 | Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel | "Define Dancing" from WALL-E | Thomas Newman | Gordon Goodwin – "Yesterdays" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Art Tatum) Robert E. Brookmeyer – "St. Louis Blues" (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Michael Abene – "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (Joe Lovano with WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra) Frank Macchia – "Down in the Valley" (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra) |
| 2010 | Bill Cunliffe | "West Side Story Medley" | Resonance Big Band | Jeremy Lubbock – "Emmanuel" (Chris Botti & Lucia Micarelli) Vince Mendoza – "Hope" (Jim Beard with Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra) Vince Mendoza – "Slings and Arrows" (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge) Michael Giacchino & Tim Simonec – "Up with End Credits" (Michael Giacchino) |
| 2011 | Vince Mendoza | "Carlos" | John Scofield, Vince Mendoza and Metropole Orchestra | Patrick Williams – "Fanfare for a New Day" (Patrick Williams The Big Band) Gil Goldstein – "Itsbynne Reel" (Dave Eggar) Ted Nash – "Monet" (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) Frank Macchia – "Skip to My Lou" |
| 2012 | Gordon Goodwin | "Rhapsody in Blue" | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | Peter Jensen – "All or Nothing At All" (Randy Brecker & The DR Big Band) Clare Fischer – "In The Beginning" (The Clare Fischer Big Band) Bob Brookmeyer – "Nasty Dance" (Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) Carlos Franzetti – "Song Without Words" (Carlos Franzetti & Allison Brewster Franzetti) |
| 2013 | Gil Evans | "How About You" | The Gil Evans Project | Michael Philip Mossman – "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington" (Bobby Sanabria Big Band) Bob Mintzer – "Irrequieto" (Bob Mintzer Big Band) Wally Minko – "A Night in Tunisia (Actually an Entire Weekend!)" (Arturo Sandoval) Gordon Goodwin – "Salt Peanuts! (Mani Salado)" (Arturo Sandoval) |
| 2014 | Gordon Goodwin | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band | Kim Richmond – "Invitation" (The Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra) Chuck Owen – "Side Hikes - A Ridge Away" (Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge) Nan Schwartz – "Skylark" (Amy Dickson) Gil Goldstein – "Wild Beauty" (The Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano) |
| 2015 | Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola | "Daft Punk" | Pentatonix | Pete McGuinness – "Beautiful Dreamer" (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra) Gordon Goodwin – "Get Smart" (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Alfredo Rodriguez – "Guantanamera" Chris Walden – "Moon River" (Amy Dickson) |
| 2016 | Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola | "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" | Pentatonix | Paul Allen, Troy Hayes, Evin Martin & J Moss – "Bruno Mars" (Vocally Challenged) Armand Hutton – "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Committed) Bob James – "Ghost of a Chance" (Bob James & Nathan East) John Fedchock – "You and the Night and the Music" (John Fedchock New York Big Band) |
| 2017 | Jacob Collier | "You and I" | Jacob Collier | John Beasley – "Ask Me Now" Sammy Nestico – "Good 'Swing' Wenceslas" (The Count Basie Orchestra) Christian Jacob – "Linus & Lucy" (The Phil Norman Tentet) John Daversa – "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Ted Nash – "We Three Kings" (The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis) |
| 2018 | John Williams | "Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from Catch Me If You Can" | John Williams | Chuck Owen – "All Hat, No Saddle" (Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge) Nate Smith – "Home Free (For Peter Joe)" John Beasley – "Ugly Beauty/Pannonica" Chris Walden – "White Christmas" (Herb Alpert) |
| 2019 | John Daversa | "Stars and Stripes Forever" | John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists | Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson – "Batman Theme (TV)" (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis) Mark Kibble – "Change The World" (Take 6) John Powell – "Madrid Finale" Alexandre Desplat – "The Shape of Water" |
| 2020 | Jacob Collier | "Moon River" | Jacob Collier | Kris Bowers – "Blue Skies" John Williams – "Hedwig's Theme" (John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter) Emilio Solla – "La Novena" (The Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra) Vince Mendoza – "Love, A Beautiful Force" (Vince Mendoza, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts & the Temple University Studio Orchestra) |
| 2021 | John Beasley | "Donna Lee" | John Beasley | Hildur Guðnadóttir – "Bathroom Dance" Remy Le Boeuf – "Honeymooners" (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows) Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson – "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea) Jeremy Levy – "Uranus: The Magician" (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra) |
| 2022 | Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman | "Meta Knight's Revenge" from Kirby Super Star | The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher | Bill O'Connell – "Chopsticks" (Richard Baratta) Robin Smith – "For the Love of a Princess (from "Braveheart")" (HAUSER, the London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith) Emile Mosseri – "Infinite Love" Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez – "The Struggle Within" (Rodrigo y Gabriela) |
| 2023 | John Beasley | "Scrapple From the Apple" | Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band featuring Martin Auer | Armand Hutton - "As Days Go By (An Arrangement Of The Family Matters Theme Song)" (Armand Hutton featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6) Matt Cusson - "How Deep Is Your Love" (Kings Return) Danny Elfman - "Main Titles (Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness)" (Danny Elfman) Remy Le Boeuf - "Minnesota, WI" (Remy Le Boeuf) |
| 2024 | John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez | "Folsom Prison Blues" | The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel | Nkosilathi Emmanuel Sibanda - "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Just 6) Ludwig Göransson - "Can You Hear the Music" Hilario Duran- "I Remember Mingus" (Hilario Duran & his Latin Jazz Big Band featuring Paquito D'Rivera) Esin Aydingoz, Chris Bacon & Alana Da Fonseca - "Paint it Black" (Wednesday Addams) |
| 2025 | Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Jacob Collier featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly | Michael League - "Baby Elephant Walk - Encore" (Snarky Puppy) Béla Fleck & Ferde Grofé - "Rhapsody in Blue(grass)" (Béla Fleck featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton) Erin Bentlage, Alexander Lloyd Blake, Scott Hoying, A.J. Sealy & Amanda Taylor - "Rose Without the Thorns" (Scott Hoying featuring säje & Tonality) Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor - "Silent Night" (säje) |

### Multiple wins

| Wins | Arranger |
| 6 |
| 6 | Dave Grusin |
| 6 | Quincy Jones |
| 4 |
| 4 | Henry Mancini |
| 3 |
| 3 | Gordon Goodwin |
| 3 | Jacob Collier |
| 2 |
| 2 | Herb Alpert |
| 2 | John Beasley |
| 2 | Chick Corea |
| 2 | Jerry Hey |
| 2 | Bill Holman |
| 2 | Vince Mendoza |
| 2 | Pentatonix |
| 2 | Mike Post |
| 2 | Don Sebesky |
| 2 | John Williams |
| 2 | Patrick Williams |