The sitarist's long career was filled with unexpected twists. These include "Fire Night", a passionate jam with Los Angeles jazz musicians, Shankar's haunting, improvised "Pather Panchali Music Scene 1, Take 1", from Satyajit Ray's film, and "Bangalore Tilak Shyam", which demonstrates Shankar's skill at fusing two ragas—here Tilak Kamod and Shyam Kalyan—into a single sublime creation.