This looks more like an extension of the UI style they started adopting with the Expression tools back in 2008, which itself was more directly influenced by Adobe tools like Photoshop Elements and Lightroom than iTunes or Mac OS.
If you really want to tie Apple into it, then the anchor would be Aperture (which obviously influenced Adobe), not really iTunes or recent releases of Mac OS.
If you really want to tie Apple into it, then the anchor would be Aperture (which obviously influenced Adobe), not really iTunes or recent releases of Mac OS.