Use tonado's LogFormatter out of tornado. just use it as an ordinary LogFormatter, of cource tornado has to be installed.

tornado_log_fmt.py

# use tornado's formatter out of tornado
try:
    from tornado.options import _LogFormatter as Fmt # tornado 2.2
except:
    from tornado.log import LogFormatter as Fmt  # toando 2.4

class TornadoFormatter(Fmt):
    ''' require toanado installed
    usuage:
        use it as an ordinary LogFormatter
    '''
    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
        TornadoFormatter.setterm()
        Fmt.__init__(self, *args, **kargs)

    @classmethod
    def setterm(cls):
        if hasattr(cls, '_setterm_called'):
            pass
        else:
            import curses
            curses.setupterm()
            cls._setterm_called = True