Audio clip has dropped frame

I am using Final Cut Express HD. I imported a song from Itunes which plays just fine in Itunes. I just finished editing a wedding and the last 30 seconds of sound gets clipped off (no sound) when I print to video. The project is one hour and 23 min. The imported song plays when I play it in the timeline but I can hear and see the silent frame in the browser and the sounds keeps going to the end. Is there anything I can do to avoind losing this last thirty seconds of sound when I print to video.
Please help

Not sure what you mean by "the silent frame in the browser."
Have you marked an Out point in the sequence? How are you outputting the sequence? How are you printing to video an hour an 23 minutes? Are you using LP on the deck? This is not recommended for anything and will cause many types of problems.
You have rendered the music haven't you? It probably isn't in the correct format or sample rate for digital video.

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