Voice over other sound tracks

I have iMovie '09, and I was wondering if I could do a voice over on a movie where I have already added background music tracks , or other audio tracks in general?
Like say I finish my movie with the added sound tracks and all, then I decide I want to do a voice over on a certain portion of the movie. Will it work?
I just upgraded here to a 13" macbook pro, with 10.6.3 and all. I was using QT Pro on my older Mac , with Tiger OS. Finally decided to try out 'iMovie', as I heard it is alot better than the old '07 version.
Thanks for any helpful replies, Mo
Message was edited by: moh2o

Yes it will work. [Good video tutorial here|http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/#voiceover]
Also, Ken Stone's excellent tutorial is [here|http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/imovie_09stone.html#voiceovers]

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