Million pound lose cue

The million pound lose cue is among the scariest of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire music cues. It plays when the contestant gets the final question wrong, and loses a lot of money. That's why contestants are very careful not to get it wrong. The sound is an edited version of the theme song, made to sound like something from a horror movie.

Another scary sound on the show is the klaxon.

Trivia
Contestants like Ken Basin, Menno de Ruijter, Prashant Batar, and most recently, Kevin Short have embarrassed themselves on TV by answering the final question incorrectly, triggering the horrible noise that will never leave their heads.