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[Creme]

[SPEC]This may be how the roar was created- a sound clip

[Kingpin]

It does sound similar, but there's also notable differences. I'd certainly say they wouldn't have actually used that song as the base given the potential legal complications.

From the sound of it, the ending note which you've pointed out appears to be a guitar, although I wouldn't be surprised if the monster's roar is a modified version of an existing creature's roar because that's the sort of thing that'd be done in sound engineering, take something that exists and modify it. It's believed the siren for Ecto-1 in Ghostbusters, which has been proven to be a custom effect, may have had it's origins with a real siren, just like the sound of Doctor Who's TARDIS is a key being run down a piano string.

[Creme]

Hmmm the instrument doesn't sound like a guitar to me.
Goldfrapp have allowed their songs for use in most things actually, but again I don't think the roar has come from that song just the same instrument was used in making of the roar. Or not.

[Kingpin]

Whilst not having worked on the development team I can't say with any degree of certainty, I doubt they used an instrument to engineer the roar.

[Creme]

After much looking, the sound is created using a clock (actually it's more like a theory but very good theory) this is on the album version but it's the same sound on the live version of Felt Mountain. And it does sound an awful lot like a clock. I'm fairly sure it's a clock inspired sound!

[Kingpin]

Uh-oh, you might give more weapons to the Cuckoo Clock people.

With that said... you might be right about them using a clock at the end of the Goldfrapp song. I'll try listen to it again some point later on.