Way To Make AUDIO On Scene Selection Menus SEAMLESS?

I've searched and have not found anything that helped.
I have 4 'pages' in my scene selection menu. I would like for the same audio track to play seamlessly throughout (when shifting from page to page to locate a particular scene).
In its current state, the audio starts over each time that you move to a new... erm...'page' (what's the correct term here?), and I find the lack of continuity or, at the very least, transition to be a bit jolting and quite irritating.
Anyone know if there is a way to carry the same audio track throughout?

You cannot do this by just selecting the audio in the first scene selection (submenu) because each submenu plays alone, and the length of the audio played depends on how long the menu is displayed. The length of time the scene selections play, and thus the audio, is determined by the viewer--you cannot control this. If your audio clip is short, only 15 seconds or so, it will repeat continuously until you (or someone) clicks on the arrows to go to another submenu or clicks on the scene to play it.
You could choose just a portion of the audio you wish to play, say the first 30 seconds, and then choose the second 30 seconds to play on the second menu and so forth. You would have to use an app like Wiretap to record the poarticular portions you want for each submenu. Then, if one viewed the submenus for exactly 30 seconds, the music would be close to playing 'seamlessly.' But, the viewer has the option of keeping the submenu displayed for an indefinite length of time, so each 30 second snipet would just repeat itself.
Hope this is clear to you

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So what You want is a "Play All" button resp. a "Play one Chapter at a time" one.
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BAD News - There are Non ! in iDVD
GOOD News - it can in part be faked.
read on
Play all resp. one chapter at a time
Play All Button
1. There are NO - Play All - button in any version of iDVD
2. It can be faked in several ways
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