 The music , however , was not written by Fordham , but rather by several composers , including Paul Perry ( a member of The Worthless Peons ) , Scrubs composer Jan Stevens , and Tony Award @-@ winner Doug <unk> , each of whom helped write and arrange several songs . But , perhaps the most notable contributors were Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez , the writers of hit Broadway musical Avenue Q. Marx and Lopez 's involvement came at the suggestion of Braff , who overheard Fordham asking producer Randall Winston if it would be possible to get actual Broadway composers to work on the episode . Fordham did have some contribution to the music , in the form of musical genre suggestions , but during the actual composition process , she and the composers were almost never in the same room . 
