Is there a name for that sound effect overused in many television shows?

genesayssitdown

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This sound effect is driving me crazy. It is everywhere. In everything terrible I watch. I first noticed it in World's Scariest Police Videos. It's used whenever anything remotely suspenseful happens, or is supposed to happen.

I have isolated the sound effect in an episode of Hell's Kitchen. Here is a link to a youtube video, the sound starts at 00:50, the video link will start at 00:49:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UooljLZspn8#t=49s

There are many variations of this, but it is used ALL THE TIME. Does it have a name?
 
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