Ultimate fans of The Office who want to always feel like they’re actually there at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company’s Scranton offices, this is for you. Peacock has partnered up with the Calm app to introduce The Office Soundscape, an exclusive track available on the app designed to “bring you relaxing office sounds mixed with Easter eggs from your favorite The Office characters. From Skeet Schruting to Dunderball, you can finally join in on the best games from The Office - all from the comfort of your office.”
The Soundscape is mostly ambient office noises, such as shuffling paperwork, keyboards typing, and the copying machine. Occasionally, you’ll hear references to the show spliced in, such as Pam (Jenna Fischer) answering the phone. It may serve as a good way to still feel like someone is in the office for those who have since shifted to working from home because of the pandemic. Or it could just be a way for fans of The Office to take their appreciation for the series to a new level. For a sample of what it sounds like, Calm has posted a preview of the Soundscape on Instagram.
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The Calm app has turned to pop culture for inspiration with other iconic franchises. In February, it was announced that Optimus Prime voice actor Peter Cullen was partnering up with the app to narrate a new Sleep Story dubbed History of the Transformers. This gives Transformers fans the ability to have the veteran voice actor put them to sleep by telling them the ins and outs of the intergalactic conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons.
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The Office Remains Very Popular Despite Ending in 2013
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New tie-ins like The Office Soundscape for Calm show just how popular the comedy series remains nearly a decade after it went off the air. Of course, it has been able to maintain that popularity largely in part due to its availability on streaming services. For years, it had been one of the most-watched shows on Netflix before making the move to NBCUniversal’s Peacock. At its new home, the show also includes special “Superfan” episodes that feature extended footage and never-before-seen deleted scenes.
This doesn’t mean that The Office is next on the list of TV shows to be revived in the modern reboot and revival era. So many other popular movies and TV shows from years past are getting continuations, and while NBCUniversal would certainly be up for new episodes of The Office, the idea is a harder sell for Greg Daniels, who developed the American adaptation of the comedy series for NBC. If a new show were to happen, it would more likely feature an all-new cast rather than reimagine the previous series.
“Well, [NBC] certainly would be very excited to do it,” Daniels told Collider. “Obviously certain parts are just personal, like I’ve got all these other projects that I’ve been working on. And [The Office] was such a wonderful and rare experience that obviously you don’t want to just go back to it and kind of possibly disappoint people when right now, they couldn’t be happier about it.”
He added, “I can’t tell whether fans would want more of it, and when I say more of it, I don’t think it would be the same characters. I think it would just be sort of like an extension of the universe, you know what I mean, like the way [The] Mandalorian is like an extension of Star Wars. But I don’t know if that would be something people would want or not, it’s hard to tell.”
Going by comments sections you’ll find on social media related to The Office reboot news, it seems most fans really don’t seem to want new episodes of The Office, apparently happy with the show as it was and concerned about the risk of tarnishing that. You can find all nine seasons of The Office are streaming on Peacock.
