He is credited for inspiring producers to select popular works of Kannada poets through his music.

He was also a recipient of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director six times.

Some of Bhaskar's most popular soundtracks include Rani Honnamma, Santha Thukaram, Gejje Pooje, Mana Mechida Madadi, Belli Moda, Naandi, Sharapanjara, Naagarahaavu, Shubhamangala, Neela and Malaya Marutha.

Vijaya Bhaskar never got a chance to get Rajkumar to sing in his music direction (except for humming a few lines of Doniyolage Neenu in Uyyale) though Santha Thukaram in their combination won a National award.

Vijaya Bhaskar was busy in Bombay, assisting music directors like Naushad and Madan Mohan.

In Bombay Bhaskar was sitting in a restaurant in Matunga and chatting with a friend and then accidentally met B R Krishnamurthy (BRK).

He worked with Kanagal continuously till the '80s and then there was a break when M Ranga Rao took over for films like Ranganayaki.

His specialty lay in the fact that he was equally comfortable using a minimum number of instruments as well as a whole orchestra.

Bhaskar is credited for inspiring producers to select popular works of Kannada poets through his music.

All in all Bhaskar gave music for three of Gopalakrishnan's films in Malayalam – Kathapurushan, Vidheyan and Mathilukal.

Vijaya Bhaskar died on the morning of 3 March 2002 following a cardiac arrest at his residence in J. P. Nagar locality of Bangalore.