Ka cika wannan jumla: Kwalejin ta fara ba da kyautar fina-finai don waƙoƙinsu a shekara ta 1935. An fara kiran wannan rukunin Mafi Kyawun Scoring. A wancan lokacin, masu cin nasara da waɗanda aka zaɓa sun kasance haɗuwa da ƙididdigar asali da kuma dacewa da kayan da suka rigaya. Bayan nasarar da Charles Previn ya samu a fim din "Mutum ɗari da Budurwa" a
1938, wani fim ba tare da wani mawallafin da aka ba da shi ba wanda ya nuna waƙoƙin gargajiya na dā, Kwalejin ta ƙara wani nau'i na Best Original Score a 1939. A cikin 1942, bambanci tsakanin nau'ikan Scoring guda biyu ya ɗan canza yayin da aka sake masa suna zuwa Mafi kyawun Score na Fim ɗin Dramatic da Mafi kyawun Scoring na Fim ɗin Kiɗa. Wannan alama ce ta farko da aka raba rukunin zuwa nau'ikan daban-daban, bambancin da ke ci gaba da kasancewa a yau, kodayake ba a sami isassun ƙaddamarwa don rukunin kiɗa da za a kunna ba tun 1985. Daga 1942 zuwa 1985, ƙididdigar kiɗa suna da nasu rukuni, ban da 1958, 1981, da 1982. A wannan lokacin, duka nau'ikan suna da sauye-sauye da yawa: