Respect!
Shitty how it didn't even make it to the top three.
As most music contests, the judges themselves are also music critics, who while project the image of knowing superior music, usually pander to some stylistic bias. Since your track has a more cinematic feel, it was probably ousted as being something purely Halloween. ...
That just means that your music transcends the limits of the contest, which is never bad. ... Look at its current NG reception!