Soundtrack in keynote- problem

I m doing interactive video presentation in keynote and i have a problem with inserting sound track.
Presentation consists of 5 slides, and i want to use music for 4 slides only and 5th one without music( 5th slide is a music video so i dont need sound track)
I will export presentation to quick time-using hyperlinks.
I know how to use soundtrack for the whole presentation or just one slide but i cant find out how to do it only for the part of it and to export it using hyperlinks to quick time. plz help

in this case i cant export the presentation as ONE movie.
let me explain u better.
For example:
when u open your facebook profile u have a couple of tabs:
WALL, INFO, PICTURES, VIDEO.
I WANT ONE SOUND TRACK TO BE PLAYED WHILE I M OPENING FIRST 3 SLIDES( wall,info,pictures), but when i open VIDEO tab , i want it to be without music.
It must be exported to quick time-hyperlinks, coz i m going to use it as my portfolio.

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http://alxndrmlr.biz/2011/06/itunes-increase-decrease-volume-script/
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