And so does Python. But Python is unnecessary for this task. So, having to choose between two evils, I'd choose the necessary one.
docker-compose offers an alternative. It doesn't offer any genuinely new functionality. It may work for you if you don't know how to use the other alternative, or the other alternative is inconvenient for you for some other reason, but if it's not, it's just an extra tool that you don't need.
I still see no reason to use it.