Just finished a 16-night cruise on the Grandeur, and while I ate at Compass Rose ~10 times, I do not recall background music, which I guess is a good thing based on the comments. That said, the music in the pool area was the most god-awful depressing mix of slow-tempo 1970s elevator music I've ever heard. It was truly awful and it was on a loop, so you got to hear the same 30-40 songs every day. I'm very tolerant of different types of music and typically don't even notice background music, but this music was so bad that I actually started to avoid going up to the pool area during the day, opting to sit on my balcony instead.