The Wildlife Land IX: Journey to Big Water is a 2006 direct-to-video animated adventure musical film and the ninth film in The Wildlife Land series. It was produced and directed by Charles Grosvenor. This is also the last film to use the soundtrack composed by James Horner. During the year this was released, Universal brought back on DVD, for the first time, two of the previous The Wildlife Land films: The Nature Valley Adventure and The Time of the Great Giving. When heavy rains create a mysterious "new water", Stampy sets off to explore the Nature Valley. He quickly becomes friends with Alvin the mischievous common bottlenose dolphin who has been isolated from his pod by the weather. When Stampy and friends get separated from their parents because of an Earthshake, they help Alvin get back home to the Big Water, while avoiding a hungry "Predator Swimmer" (Liopleurodon). On the way, Stampy and Alvin discuss such interesting and see dangerous things like imaginary friends, the Predator Swimmer, the concept of loneliness, and the true meaning of a brother.
