Audio level too high

I created a slideshow with music behind it in iPhoto. It plays fine althought the audio level is noticably higher than another project I made with a different song. I added both projects to an iDVD project so I can burn 1 disc with both slideshows. They both preview fine in iDVD. Now after I burnt the dvd the audio tracks are distorted when I play them on my home DVD player. It seems the audio level is too high. Is anyone able to tell me how I can adjust my background music level? Thanks for the help.
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Thanks for the reply John. I thought I saw a setting to change levels somewhere but I think that was when I was importing a movie from my camcorder. I will try to edit the levels as you suggested later today and report back.
Incidentally, the audio is not distorted when I play the dvd from my computer. I am also going to see if I can get some other players to try it on.
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