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Theodosius Kaskamanidis (born 1971 in Krefeld, Germany; better known as "Saki Kaskas" or "Captain Ginger") is a greek music composer, best known for his soundtracks of the Need for Speed series.

Biography
Saki was born in Krefeld, Germany, in 1971. His parents were working there because there were no opportunities in Greece at the time. Shortly after he was born, the whole family (his parents and three older sisters) moved to Vancouver, Canada. Saki was 1 years old.

Joining Electronic Arts
Saki started to play the guitar when he was 15. He practiced 5 hours a day and in 2 years he was in his first band, Omnibol. They were a rock band and they gained some notoriety around the Vancouver music scene.

In 1993, they broke up. At this time he started to play in various bands. Saki played in a Greek folk band, a heavy metal band, a cover band, a ‘power trio’ rock band and in a guitar duet. He also played sessions for commercials and such.

In 1994, Saki joined the Heavy Lounge. This was an instrumental band and they played progressive rock with some leanings towards jazz, funk and metal. The keyboard player was Jeff Van Dyck, who was working for Electronic Arts at the time. He now composes music for the Total War video game series out of Australia.

In 1996, Jeff got Saki a contract for Need For Speed 1. He already had a bunch of rock and metal tunes that he thought would fit well with the game. Soon after that, Saki became a full time composer for EA, and he composed music for NHL 97 & 98, Need For Speed 2, 3 and 4, Porsche Unleashed, Rugby 2001 and Missile Command.

Other projects
In 2000, Saki recorded a solo album under the name of Captain Ginger. Some of the tracks got released on a couple of compilations from Koyote records.

During this time, he did a bunch of session guitar work for remixes for Skinny Puppy, DefTones, Linkin Park, Filter, Dry Cell, Anastacia, and Static – X, all done by The Humble Brothers.

In 2003, Saki took a break from composing and got into sound designing. This has lasted up until today. These days, he has been playing and practicing guitar (1 to 2 hours a day… not 5!) and sound designing video games.