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Netflix's "Train Dreams" Lulls Calm Users to Sleep with Soothing Soundscape
7 Nov
Summary
- Netflix partners with Calm app to create audio experience for "Train Dreams"
- 20-minute "Sleep Story x Soundscape" features original score and sound design
- Collaboration aims to reach Calm's 100 million users during their sleep
In a unique collaboration, Netflix has partnered with the mental wellness app Calm to create an immersive audio experience inspired by its Oscar-aspiring film "Train Dreams." Launching today, the 20-minute "Sleep Story x Soundscape" transforms Clint Bentley's drama into a meditative audio journey, featuring narrator Will Patton alongside the film's original score and sound design.
Adapted from Denis Johnson's Pulitzer-nominated novella, "Train Dreams" explores themes of solitude, loss, and resilience - the kind of contemplative territory where Calm's 100 million users already spend their time. The Calm team worked closely with the film's sound designer and composer to create this soothing soundscape, aiming to reach a new audience during their sleep.
This partnership represents Netflix's first venture on the Calm platform and a potential blueprint for how specialty films can cut through the noise by targeting audiences in a more immersive way. Rather than competing for attention, the collaboration markets the film's meditative qualities to Calm's users, offering a unique way to experience the story.
