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===Lawsuits, documentary, and collaborative albums=== Throughout the 1990s, Wilson was embroiled in numerous lawsuits.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=375}} In August 1989, he had filed a $100 million suit against Irving Music to reclaim song publishing rights sold by his father decades earlier.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}} He did not regain the rights, but secured a $10 million out-of-court settlement in April 1992.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=375}} The next month, Wilson was [[Love v. Wilson|sued by Mike Love]] over long-neglected royalties and songwriting credits. In December 1994, a jury ruled in favor of Love, awarding him $5 million and a share of future royalties from Wilson.{{sfn|Dillon|2012|p=270}} In September 1995, Wilson sued his former conservator, Jerome Billet, seeking $10 million for alleged failures in supervising the lawyers handling the Irving Music and Love lawsuits.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sandler |first1=Adam |title=Beach Boy Wilson sues former conservator |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/beach-boy-wilson-sues-former-conservator-99129088/ |website=Variety |access-date=November 30, 2021 |date=September 25, 1995}}</ref> According to his second wife [[Melinda Ledbetter|Melinda]], when they married in 1995, Wilson was entangled in nine separate lawsuits, many unresolved until the early 2000s.<ref name="LK2004">{{cite web |author1=n.a. |title=Larry King Live |url=http://www.brianwilson.com/media/words/larry_king.html |website=brianwilson.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711152541/http://www.brianwilson.com/media/words/larry_king.html |archive-date=July 11, 2008 |date=August 20, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Wilson's productivity had increased significantly after his disassociation from Landy.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=215}} He and Andy Paley composed and recorded a [[Andy Paley sessions|substantial body of material]] intended for a proposed Beach Boys album throughout the early to mid-1990s.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=274, 281}} Concurrently, Wilson collaborated with musician [[Don Was]] on the documentary ''[[Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times]]'' (1995), whose soundtrack—comprising rerecorded Beach Boys songs—was released in August as [[I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (album)|his second solo album]].{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=282}}{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=376}} In 1993, Wilson agreed to record an album of songs by Van Dyke Parks,{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=216}} which was credited to the duo and released as ''[[Orange Crate Art]]'' in October 1995.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=376}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=282–283}} In the late 1990s, Wilson and Tony Asher rekindled their writing partnership,{{sfn|Lambert|2007|p=324}} and one of their songs, "Everything I Need", appeared on ''[[The Wilsons (album)|The Wilsons]]'' (1997)—a project by his daughters Carnie and Wendy that included select contributions from Wilson.{{sfn|Lambert|2007|p=324}}
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